Pozzale

Pozzale is a frazione in Empoli commune, Metropolitan City of Florence. It is the site of a prison that was converted into a prison for transgender drug and prostitution offenders.[1] In the meantime, the building has become a common prison for women, and now it has become a REMS (Residenza per l'Esecuzione delle Misure di Sicurezza) for mentally ill people who have committed crimes, replacing the old asylum-like hospital-prison placed in Villa Medicea L'Ambrogiana.
It used to be the seat of a literary award called Premio Pozzale (now set in Empoli).

References

  1. ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8455191.stm Italy 'to open first prison for transgender inmates

Coordinates: 43°41′45″N 10°57′23″E / 43.6958°N 10.9565°E / 43.6958; 10.9565

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