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"Italy holds 190 penitentiaries - among them, 5 female prisons and 52 women's wards. Valerio Bispuri is the first photographer authorized by the Italian Penitentiary Administration Department of the Ministry of Justice to visit some of the most important detention centers in the country to...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Bispuri, Valerio, 1971- (Photographer), Albinati, Edoardo (Contributor), Anastasia, Stefano, 1965- (Contributor), Taylor, Ruth (Translator) (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:Italian
English
Published: Roma : Contrasto, [2019]
Subjects:
Bispuri, Valerio, > 1971-
Prisoners > Italy > Portraits.
Prisons > Italy > Pictorial works.
Documentary photography > Italy.
Documentary photography.
Prisoners.
Prisons.
Italy.
Pictorial works.
Portraits.
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Summary:"Italy holds 190 penitentiaries - among them, 5 female prisons and 52 women's wards. Valerio Bispuri is the first photographer authorized by the Italian Penitentiary Administration Department of the Ministry of Justice to visit some of the most important detention centers in the country to document the condition of prisoners in 15 jails - both female and male, like Regina Coeli in Rome, San Vittore in Milan, Poggioreale in Naples, Ucciardone in Palermo - from 2014 to present"--
Item Description:Text in English and Italian.
Booklet contains essays and photograph captions.
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations ; 30 cm +e 1 booklet
ISBN:9788869657917
8869657914