The Mastio, a prison Used as barracks for military dwelling within the castle walls since the middle Ages, the Norman-Swabian Mastio was a prison since the early mid-19th century when the Bourbon government decided to implant a penal colony in which the convicted were forced to work. The colony used by the naval Forces was later replaced by a prison in 1880 and used until May 1960. Local elderly still remember the arrangements of the rooms. Next to the Chapel, in today's elevator room, the guard body was located and until a few years ago there were still the remains of the wooden rack used for the weapons. Still visible the wooden spit cover shutter, also used to pass documents. Leaving the Chapel, there was the Management office on the right, well visible in a photo of the 1920s depicting the entire staff of the jail managed by Director Umberto Spanò. The cells of the detainees were located along the wall of the Mastio surrounded by towers, now angular,...