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Inside the Italian prison where inmates find freedom through theatre

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · · 740 words · By Theo Farrant
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At Italy’s Volterra prison, inmates work alongside professional theatre-makers as part of the long-running Compagnia della Fortezza project.

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What happened

At Italy’s Volterra prison, inmates work alongside professional theatre-makers as part of the long-running Compagnia della Fortezza project.

Why it matters

For some prisoners in Italy, life behind bars has become an unlikely route towards freedom.

Common ground

At Volterra prison, one of Italy’s oldest jails, professional theatre-makers have spent almost four decades working alongside inmates to create ambitious performances that challenge conventional ideas about punishment, rehabilitation and the role of art.

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Claim 1: “At Italy’s Volterra prison, inmates work alongside professional theatre-makers as part of the long-running Compagnia della Fortezza project.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that inmates at Volterra prison work with professional theatre-makers as part of the Compagnia della Fortezza project.
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web search NEUTRAL — At Italy’s Volterra prison, inmates work alongside professional theatre-makers as part of the long-running Compagnia della Fortezza project. For some prisoners in Italy, life behind bars has become an…
https://www.euronews.com/culture/2026/08/10/inside-the-itali…
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web search NEUTRAL — The new theatre at the Volterra prison, which will be the first of the historic and award-winning Compagnia della Fortezza, aims to become a global reference, transforming the prison into a 'laborator…
https://www.domusweb.it/en/news/gallery/2023/02/02/the-new-t…
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web search NEUTRAL — Armando entered Volterra Prison in the August of 1988 and founded the Compagnia della Fortezza, composed by the prisoners participating the theatre workshop, run by Armando himself. He has never left …
http://www.compagniadellafortezza.org/new/wp-content/uploads…
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Claim 2: “At Volterra prison, one of Italy’s oldest jails, professional theatre-makers have spent almost four decades working alongside inmates”
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Evidence confirms the project is 'long-running' and specifically mentions Armando Punzo entered the prison in August 1988 to found the company, which aligns with the 'almost four decades' (approx 36 years) claim.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Kingdom of Italy was governed by the National Fascist Party from 1922 to 1943, with Benito Mussolini as prime minister transforming the country into a totalitarian dictatorship. The Fascists crush…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascist_Italy
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mathematics is a field of knowledge concerned with abstract concepts such as numbers, geometric shapes, sets, functions, and probabilities. It uses logical reasoning and proof to study and establish t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematics
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Civic nobility in the Papal States’ March of Ancona is the hereditary urban patriciate that dominated municipal governments across many centres of the March of Ancona, a Papal province broadly corresp…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civic_nobility_in_the_Papal_St…
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Claim 3: “A new production is created each year”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant search results regarding Windows Device Recovery and software removal, providing no information on the production frequency of the theatre project.
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web search NEUTRAL — Aug 21, 2017 · 4 Win10将regedit等应用程序固定到开始屏幕方法 8 复制：Get-AppxPackage *Microsoft.Windows.Photos* | Remove-AppxPackage命令到管理员Windows PowerShell窗口中，回车； 照片和视频应用程序已完成卸载。
https://jingyan.baidu.com/article/2c8c281d8d0c8f0008252a06.h…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jan 12, 2016 · 更新win10系统的朋友都知道win10系统自带了很多应用程序，然而很多应用程序并没有想象中那么好用，比如win10系统自带的照片应用程序，本人就不是很喜欢，想要将其从电脑上删除，释放运行内存，然而这些自带程序通过程序卸载功能是无法卸载的，那么如何删除win10系统自带的照片应用程序呢？
https://jingyan.baidu.com/article/ae97a646de65d2bbfd461dd3.h…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 2, 2017 · Here's How: 1. Download and install the Windows Device Recovery Tool from Microsoft to your Windows 7 or newer PC.
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/5548-windows-device-reco…
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Claim 4: “For prison director Valentina Bruno, the theatre project forms part of a wider approach to rehabilitation”
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The evidence provided for this claim refers to a drag queen named Valentina, the etymology of the name, and other unrelated historical figures, but does not mention a prison director named Valentina Bruno.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Caterina Sforza (1463 – 28 May 1509) was an Italian noblewoman who ruled as Countess of Forlì and Lady of Imola, initially alongside her husband Girolamo Riario, and later as regent for their son, Ott…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caterina_Sforza
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of people whose names were given to craters of the Moon. The list of approved names in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature maintained by the International Astronomical Unio…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Medici (Italian: I Medici) is an Italian-British historical drama television series created by Frank Spotnitz and Nicholas Meyer. The series was produced by Italian companies Lux Vide and Rai Fiction,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medici_(TV_series)
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Claim 5: “The project, known as the “Compagnia della Fortezza”, was founded by director Armando Punzo”
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Web search results explicitly state that Armando Punzo entered Volterra Prison in 1988 and founded the Compagnia della Fortezza.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Europe Theatre Prize (Premio Europa per il Teatro) is an award of the European Commission for a personality who has "contributed to the realisation of cultural events that promote understanding an…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe_Theatre_Prize
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web search NEUTRAL — A company director is one of the employees within a group of managers who maintains a prolific role within an organization and usually has the higher role within an organization.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Director_(business)
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web search NEUTRAL — A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film 's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of tha…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_director
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Claim 6: “The courtyard becomes a theatre, with the fortress walls forming the backdrop and members of the public entering the prison to watch the performances.”
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No evidence was found or provided for this specific claim regarding the courtyard performances and public entry.
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Claim 7: “Giacomo arrived in Volterra from another prison in 2024.”
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The evidence provided contains generic inmate locator tools and a Wikipedia entry for Giacomo Matteotti (who died in 1924), but no mention of a specific inmate named Giacomo arriving at Volterra in 2024.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Giacomo Matteotti (Italian: [ˈdʒaːkomo matteˈɔtti] ; 22 May 1885 – 10 June 1924) was an Italian socialist and anti-fascist politician who served as the opposition leader and as secretary of the Unita…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giacomo_Matteotti
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Palazzo Maffei is a Renaissance-style aristocratic palace located on Via Giacomo Matteotti #35 in central Volterra, province of Pisa, region of Tuscany, Italy. While initially commissioned by the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palazzo_Maffei,_Volterra
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Volterra (Italian pronunciation: [volˈtɛrra]; Latin: Volaterrae) is a walled mountaintop town in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its history dates from before the 8th century BC and it has substantial st…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volterra
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