This 123-page report shows how the Raúl Castro government has relied in particular on the Criminal Code offense of "dangerousness," which allows authorities to imprison individuals before they have committed any crime, on the suspicion that they are likely to commit an offense in the future. This "dangerousness" provision is overtly political, defining as "dangerous" any behavior that contradicts Cuba's socialist norms.

Pedro S. Gallardo was born in Ciego de Avila, Camaguey, Cuba, in 1936. He was a grandson of veterans of the War of Independence. He inherited from his family patriotic love, an ideal of freedom and devotion to the Republic of Cuba. This book is the testimony of the author Pedro S. Gallardo, Cuban, grandson of veterans of the War of Independence who inherited the love of his family and the country, ideal of freedom and devotion to the Republic of Cuba. Pedro fought against the tyranny and sovietization brought to Cuba by the revolution of 1959. Arrested for conspiracy against the power of the State, he proved his mettle during the endless psychological interrogations of the G-2. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison, of which he turned 17. He was pardoned in 1979. He left the prison in a wheelchair for life, due to poor nutrition and six hunger strikes he went through 7, 9, 10, 11, 20, 35 and 46 days. He maintained within the prison his rebellion, for which he was tormented repeatedly and cruelty. It reports one of these punishment: "I was in confinement for 14 months in several dungeons, infected with insects, without light nor water to bathe, where I slept on a soil similar to the wet sand, which I had to warn up with my half- naked body." For ten years without family visits, in forced labor where they treated the political prisoners treated with savagery, they were wounded with bayonet or assassinated without justification, Pedro Maintained a position of rebellion during his long sentence. -How did you withstand that ordeal? -My faith in God made me a free man.