Viterbo – Undersecretary of Justice Andrea Delmastro at the naming ceremony of the city prison after the prison police officer killed by the Camorra in 1983 – PHOTO
by Daniele Camilli
Viterbo – “Nicandro Izzo is a hero and an example for Italy, for the people of the penitentiary police and for all citizens”.
Prison naming to officer Nicandro Izzo
The undersecretary for justice Andrea Delmastro Delle Vedove at the inauguration ceremony of the Viterbo penitentiary institute for the penitentiary police officer Nicandro Izzo, killed by the Camorra at just 39 years old on 32 January 1983.
“A hero – says Delmastro – is a man who, like judges Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, never takes a step back. A hero is one who never dies, because he is an example for everyone. Like Nicandro Izzo”.
Andrea Delmastro Delle Vedove
At the ceremony, together with Delmastro, there are also Izzo’s family members, his wife Maria and children Antonio and Orsola, the president of the environment commission of the chamber of deputies, Mauro Rotelli, the deputy head of the penitentiary administration department Lina Di Domenico, the director of the Nicandro Izzo institute Annamaria Dello Preite, the police commissioner Luigi Silipo, the vice prefect Andrea Nino Caputo, the bishop Orazio Francesco Piazza, the president of the city council Marco Ciorba, the commanders of the carabinieri and the financial police, respectively Massimo Friano and Carlo Pasquali, the president of the court Francesco Oddi and the deputy prosecutor Paola Conti.
“I am proud and moved to be here and unveil the plaque with which we will name the institute – explains Delmastro -. And I want to thank Mauro Rotelli who always considered it intolerable that the institute was called Mammagialla and worked to obtain this important title”.
“We chose Izzo – continues the undersecretary – because here in Viterbo there is 41 bis. And Izzo was a forerunner of the control of organized crime within prisons. To ensure that prison is not a small hiccup for mafiosi, their tombstone. Izzo taught that we needed to pay attention to mail between families and inmates. Because it was possible to hide the pizzini that would have allowed the mafiosi to continue to scourge the territories from which they came by giving orders and demonstrating that they were stronger than the state”.
“Izzo – continues Delmastro – knew what he was doing, even hiding the threats he received from his family. So as not to burden her with anguish.”
“My father – underlines Antonio Izzo – was a man who sacrificed his life for his country”.
Bishop Piazza
“A model to follow – adds Di Domenico – for all citizens. From today the prisoners of Viterbo will also have to remember their victims and remember that Izzo died in the service of the state and for having fulfilled his duty”.
“Blessing – concludes Bishop Piazza – means remembering and commemorating together so that those values become a living part of our responsibilities”.
Daniele Camilli
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