Altiero Spinelli and the Confinement of Ventotene
Ventotene . A political confinement under the Fascist regime since 1930 , after the institution of police confinement through the law on public security and the law on measures for the defence of the State , the island was only connected to the mainland by a post office . The internees were subjected to a thorough check-up and were given the “ Carta di permanenza ”, the red booklet with the instructions they had to follow - including finding a job , since the money they were given was not very substantial . There was a limited walking space , an impenetrable confinement limit ( with signs and barbed wire ), control by public security agents who also carried out surveillance operations on the most ‘ irreducible ’. Appeals had to be answered in the main square , now Piazza Castello , with compulsory times for leaving and returning to the ‘ cameroni ’ ( specially built , given the increase in the number of guests - up to 800 in
Ventotene , 1940 . I padiglioni dell ’ ex penitenziario | Fonte : Istituto di Studi Federalisti Altiero Spinelli
Ventotene , 1940 . The pavilions of the former penitentiary | Source : Altiero Spinelli Institute for Federalist Studies