Filippo Turetta reads novels from the prison library, but has not picked up his university books again. On the date that saw the posthumous awarding of a degree to Giulia Cecchettin, the ex-girlfriend he killed with about twenty stab wounds, the 22-year-old from Padua spent another day like many since November 25th, when the doors of Montorio prison opened for him.
The new cellmate
Turetta, who stayed in the infirmary for a long time, has been moved to a normal section of the Verona penitentiary: he is an 'ordinary prisoner', locked up with another cellmate, no longer the man that the management had placed next to him in the infirmary to prevent possible suicidal acts. And he has the same rights as everyone else.
The books
From the vast collection of the Montorio library, he can read the titles of novels and essays that he requests from time to time: the first readings were the novel by Pushkin 'The Captain's Daughter', and a mystery by Agatha Christie. He can no longer play with the playstation, which caused much discussion, because the game console is only available in the infirmary.
The university
He has no longer touched the university textbooks - he was enrolled like Giulia in biomedical engineering - instead. At the university, there is no longer any contact taken by Turetta with the Engineering Department. 'It's too early,' says those who know the world of prison. Hardly ever does someone who is awaiting trial, like Filippo, manage to face their studies again. It takes 'that click' that usually happens when the prisoner realizes he must face the sentence after the trial.
The future
Those who are awaiting trial 'wait', they do not enter 'into a logic of planning'. When they start serving their sentence, however, they 'must give meaning to their detention'. Then, together with the prison staff, psychologists, they can enter into a work or study project. This becomes the first approach to a higher level of education for several convicts. Turetta was missing three exams for graduation, which Giulia was about to face, and which would probably have distanced her from him definitely.
The parents
'Prison radio' does not tell much else about Turetta. His parents, father Nicola and mother Elisabetta, have never left him alone. They continue to see him by showing up at Montorio during the visiting hours scheduled for his section. Some time ago, there was a rumor that, after the traumatic meeting on December 3rd, the family had not shown up for the talks anymore. In reality, the prison authorities have imposed silence on the life and privacy of the ordinary prisoner Filippo Turetta.
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