"Precedents? So far I have had a clean record", Messina Denaro boss's first day in prison between jokes. The guards are surprised

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"Precedents? So far I have had a clean record", Messina Denaro
Matteo Messina Denaro

"Fitted physique" yes, but not emaciated. Indeed, despite his illness, he is "in perfect physical condition and definitely fit."

And not desperate, as Bernardo Provenzano had appeared at the time of his arrest, but "more than reactive, not at all aggressive, in fact, in his own way, ironic."

Matteo Messina Denaro surprised onlookers when he entered the super-prison Le Costarelle in L'Aquila at 1.20am yesterday.

Even though it was his first time in prison, he allowed himself a few jokes. Those who, filling out the personal data sheet, asked him: "Do you have a record?", the Sicilian boss, caught with a false identity, smiled and replied: "Until tonight I had a clean record, then I didn't I know what happened...".

As for the next question: "Residence, where do you live?", the joke was not missed by "The Godfather".

"I have never had a residence." In fact, the "nest" where he stayed was owned by his friend Andrea Bonafede. He did not even avoid the conversation with the psychologist. And then he removed his clothes—all beige, from the leather jacket to the hat and shirt—and submitted to the examination, in which he appeared well-groomed and without immediate criticism.

He didn't ask for anything. No gym equipment, no newspapers, no books, nothing else. And to the specific question, whether he had dinner or would like to eat something, Messina Denaro answered: "I haven't had dinner, I'm not hungry, but I can't eat anything." Thank you".

He was then escorted to his waiting room. Regular measurements: 4 meters by three, with corner bathroom, bed and table, all nailed to the floor, TV enclosed in a box without access to regional channels, to avoid coded messages and no kitchenette.

For safety reasons, stoves and food to be prepared will be provided in the morning and collected in the evening. Having no personal change, the underwear of the institute was brought to him by the guardian of the institution.

The prison staff is keen to specify that Matteo Messina Denaro, "will be a prisoner in the '41 bis' regime like everyone else".

Task Force agents at Le Costarelle prison have 154 (12 women and 142 men) to supervise.

A great effort that has grown over the years, as in all of Italy: in 2009 there were 564 prisoners in the "41 bis" regime and 742 guards.

Now the relationship has been reversed, with 740 prisoners in the strict regime and 635 agents.

Surveillance is also made more difficult by European regulations, which, in order to protect privacy, no longer allow cell cameras to be turned on 24 hours a day, monitoring the detainee remotely as was the case in Riina's time.

But not for health problems. If his condition as a cancer patient does not require it, the guards will have to watch from the corridor.

For the chemotherapy sessions, they will rely on the San Salvatore dell'Aquila hospital, which has a department dedicated to the "41 bis" regimen.

In fact, the risk of texting is real. For this reason, those who are under this regime have the right to only one interview per month with their family members.

Messina Denaro is luckier, because his niece, Lorenza Guttadauro (born of his sister Rosalia and the son of Brancaccio's boss, Giuseppe Guttadauro), will defend him at trial.

Currently, the "fitness" is alone in a cell, in a wing where there is no one. Although in general the law allows prisoners under solitary confinement to be accompanied. / Corriere della Sera


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