Arrest of Pietro Ioia: “The denunciation of the involvement of the Guarantor of the prisoners of the Municipality of Naples in a traffic of cell phones and drugs in prison arouses dismay and bitterness. First of all in the interest of the institutions, we hope he can demonstrate his extraneousness to the facts.”
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Thus the Spokesperson of the Conference of Territorial Guarantors of Persons Deprived of Liberty, Stefano Anastasìa, after having learned the news of the execution by the Carabinieri of a precautionary custody order against eight people, including Pietro Ioia, Guarantor of the rights of persons deprived or limited in their personal liberty of the Municipality of Napoli.
“The Guarantors appointed by the Regions, Provinces and Municipalities – Anastasìa continues – have been carrying out valuable work for twenty years in protecting the rights of prisoners, which is part of penitentiary legality and which cannot be overshadowed by any abuse of their powers by one of them”.
Pietro Ioia Arrest, Ciambriello: “Disconcerted and Shocked”
The guarantor of prisoners in Campania, Samuele Ciambriello, says “shocked and shocked by the news” of the arrest of Pietro Ioia. "This morning's news left me stunned," Ciambriello explains. "I have full confidence in the judiciary, which, starting in the next few hours, will be called upon to evaluate the accusatory framework with the preliminary hearings. I hope that, in this circumstance or in future phases, Pietro Ioia will be able to demonstrate his lack of involvement in the facts. In the meantime, my position cannot but be oriented towards the presumption of innocence."
“The arrest of the Guarantor of Naples must not delegitimize or diminish the work of all of us Guarantors, regional, provincial and municipal – stresses Donut – the Guarantor is an institutional figure, who is elected or appointed by the respective Councils. This episode cannot and must not compromise the work of those who, every day, move in the direction of guaranteeing the rights of prisoners.
Guaranteeing rights is absolutely not the same as becoming accomplices. Alongside the individual correctness of each individual, it is also necessary to show institutional correctness, this above all to guarantee more satisfactory protection and, therefore, prevent the needs of prisoners from being met with illegality”
Arrest of Pietro Ioia, the director of Sky: "He has debased his redemption"
“A friendship was born between us and now, with this gesture, he has completely undermined his aspiration for redemption that began through the cultural journey.” Talking about Pietro Ioia is Paolo Colangeli, director of the Sky docuseries “Camorriste 2” in which Ioia took part as location manager.
Colangeli, who knew Ioia well, describes him as a man "between the devil and the deep sea": “The hammer of the Camorra, which exploited him and the State that beat him”. Returning to the role he played in the production of the TV series, Colangeli underlines that “also thanks to the ex-prisoners that he managed to identify, we were able to recreate the psychodrama experienced by those Camorra women”.
“He tried to grow through the cultural journey, which began with the theatrical performance based on his book, a journey of growth,” concludes the director, “which he has now completely debased.”
Cantalamessa, at the time I contested the choice Luigi de Magistris, “The arrest of the guarantor of the prisoners of Naples, Pietro Ioia, leaves us speechless and speechless. I contested at the time the appointment wanted by the former mayor de Magistris not because a former prisoner cannot rehabilitate himself, indeed it is the hope we have towards all those who make mistakes, but from the very beginning that appointment seemed inappropriate considering the fact that Ioia had pending cases with the prison police and had been convicted of international drug trafficking and therefore could not be that figure of guarantor, nor the point of contact between the State administration and the prisoners”.
This is what the Neapolitan senator of the League Gianluca Cantalamessa, national head of the party's Anti-Mafia Department, says. “Unfortunately today's news confirms the inadequacy of the appointment,” adds.
"We need to get to the bottom of the matter and clarify all positions and responsibilities. If the accusations were to be confirmed it would be something very serious. We have been asking for Ioia to be removed from the role of guarantor for some time, an appointment that was given to him by the previous administration and that we had asked not to confirm."
Thus, in a note, the regional councilor of Europa Verde Francesco Emilio Borrelli. "Two years ago - he continues - with the general secretary of the Penitentiary Police union S.PP. Aldo Di Giacomo, we denounced that there was a conflict of interest in carrying out that function given that Ioia's brother had been detained for several months at the Poggioreale penitentiary institute.
We had repeatedly shown our doubts about the appointment of Ioia given his past as a drug trafficker and the fact that he had never explicitly demonstrated his repudiation of that old life. This individual frequently publicly denigrated those who fought for the rules and respect for the law. If the city is besieged by criminals, it is also because some institutions and certain politicians have too often been lukewarm or complicit with these worlds.
We have repeatedly asked the current municipal prison guarantor to resign, both for having publicly defended and justified the criminal system, but above all for his management which in our opinion has always attempted to destabilize the prison system by smearing those who work within it. And to think that for years this person publicly derided my battles against illegality such as the one against illegal parking attendants, thus demonstrating, in reality, which side he was on”, concludes regional councilor Borrelli.
Article published on 18 October 2022 - 13:17
