Milan inmates turn abandoned refugee boats into musical instruments

Every year, thousands of people risk the perilous journey across the Mediterranean, aiming for Italy and a chance at a new life in Europe. Many end up off the island of Lampedusa, abandoning their boats offshore. Now, in a prison workshop in Milan, those boats are being given a second life. Inmates at Opera prison, one of Italy's largest jails, are turning the abandoned vessels into musical instruments as The World's Europe Correspondent Orla Barry found out last year in Milan.

This story originally aired on Nov. 5, 2025.