Secondigliano Prison

Secondigliano Prison (Carcere di Secondigliano), officially the "Pasquale Mandato" Penitentiary Centre (Centro penitenziario "Pasquale Mandato"), is a prison in Naples, Italy, located in the Scampia district at via Roma verso Scampia, 350. With a state-owned area of roughly 40 hectares (about 384, 000 m²), it is one of the largest penitentiary complexes in Italy, and it houses mostly prisoners held under the high-security circuit and the 41-bis regime of the Italian penitentiary system. Although officially named after "Secondigliano", the prison actually stands within the territory of the Scampia district. Since 16 May 2016 the prison has been named after Pasquale Mandato, a chief marshal of the Corps of Custodial Agents (Corpo degli agenti di custodia) who was killed in a Camorra ambush on 5 March 1983. While serving at the prison of Santa Maria Capua Vetere, where he was head of the registry office and deputy commander, Mandato was killed shortly before starting his shift; he had previously received threats connected to his work in a prison holding prominent members of organized crime. Michelangelo D'Agostino, the killer, was convicted for the murder. Mandato was posthumously awarded the Gold Medal of Civil Merit and recognized as a "victim of duty".

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