There being no capital punishment in Italy at the time , he was sentenced in Milan on August 29 , 1900 , to penal servitude for life on Santo Stefano Island near Ventotene , where numerous other anarchists had also been sent over the years .
He was sentenced in Milan on August 29 , 1900 , to life imprisonment on the jail of Santo Stefano Island near Ventotene , where lot of other anarchists had also been sent over the years .