I mafiusi di la Vicarìa
In Palermo’s Vicaria prison, Iachinu Funciazza leads a hierarchical criminal group whose practices include initiation, knife-fighting, and protection payments. A police informer stirs conflict and is killed. In the later act, Iachinu leaves prison and tries to live honestly as a cobbler; when former associates attack him for rejecting crime, a political prisoner intervenes, and Iachinu asks forgiveness for the group as they seek to become upright citizens.