A man in Italy asked to be put in jail to get away from his wife. Gabriele Tamborrelli/Getty Images A man on house arrest in Italy asked to be imprisoned so that he could get away from his wife, reports say. The man, a 30-year-old Albanian citizen, was serving a house arrest sentence for drug crimes, The Straits Times reported. Authorities said the man was "no longer able to cope with the forced cohabitation with his wife." A man on house arrest in Italy asked to be imprisoned so that he could get away from his wife, according to reports.