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Gorgona Agricultural Penal Colony
The Gorgona Agricultural Penal Colony is an Italian prison farm located on the island of Gorgona in the Tuscan Archipelago. The island has a long history of being home to monastic communities with the Gorgona Abbey being a prominent establishment on the island for most of the Middle Ages. The abbey was abandoned in 1425 and in 1869 Gorgona became an agricultural penal colony for the Kingdom of Italy.〔Barry Moody ''"('You are outside and free': Italian island jail hosts high-end vineyard )"'' Rueters, MSNBC, 15 June 2013 〕
The penal colony is home to 50 inmates〔Nick Squires ''"(Salute: Italian prisoners produce vintage wine )"'' Ottawa Citizen, 6 June 2013 〕 who have been convicted of murder and other violent crimes with a long waiting list for other inmates awaiting transfer to the island. Here the prisoners are able to move freely on the grounds, tending to agricultural work, with only an evening curfew and lockdown.〔
At the colony, prisoners tend to a vineyard owned by the Frescobaldi family, which has been producing wine in Tuscany for over 700 years.〔 Here they produce 225 cases of a white wine blend of Ansonica and Vermentino,〔Unfiltered ''"(Italian prisoners partner with Frescobaldi )"'' Wine Spectator, 13 June 2013〕 labeled as ''Gorgona'', that will retail for $66 a bottle and be featured on high-end Italian restaurants wine lists, including a Michelin three-star restaurant in Florence.〔 In addition to viticulture and winemaking, the penal colony is also home to a vegetable garden and olive tree grove where olive oil is produced, as well as livestock facilities which high quality cheese, chicken and pork is produced.〔
==History==
The island is named after the Gorgons of Greek mythology which were three sisters, Medusa, Stheno and Euryale, who had hair made of venomous snakes that could turn any observer into stone. Since the 4th century AD, Gorgona has been home to various monastic orders including the Benedictines until it finally came under the influence of the Carthusians in the 14th century. Eventually the Gorgona Abbey was abandoned in 1425 though the lands remained under the control of the Carthusians until the 1770s when the order sold its lands to the Grand Duke of Tuscany (the future Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor) who turned the island into a fishing village and attempted to repopulate it. Following the unification of Italy in the mid-19th century, the island came under the control of the Kingdom of Italy which converted the former monastery lands into an experimental agricultural penal colony in 1869.〔〔G. Laghetti, S. Cifarelli K. Hammer, ''"(Exploration and collecting expeditions on Montecristo, Gorgona and Giannutri islands (Italy) )"'' Plant Genetic Resources Newsletter, Issue No.153, page 61 to 66, Accessed: 15 June 2013 〕〔Tuscany for Sustainable Tourism ''"(Gorgona: smallest isle of the Archipelago )"'' Official Tourism Site of Tuscany, Accessed: 15 June 2013 〕
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