Vincent “Vinny Gorgeous” Basciano the former boss of the Bonanno crime family is no longer calling the supermax prison in Florence, Colorado home.
The 56-year-old mobster has been moved out of the nation’s most secure prison to Big Sandy a federal penitentiary in Kentucky according to a NYdailynews report. Prosecutors feared that a handwritten list passed to another inmate by Basciano in 2006 containing the names of the federal judge, prosecutor, and cooperating witness in his case was a hit list. This alleged hit list landed Vinny Gorgeous in solitary confinement for 11 years under conditions usually reserved for terrorists. He maintained the list was passed along so that the inmate could put a Santeria hex on his adversaries before he went to trial.
“Vincent Basciano in Colorado supermax prison”
Basciano’s lawyer Mathew Mari called the hit list theory bogus and believed it was a ploy by the feds to isolate his client hoping it would break him and he would agree to rat on his Bonanno family pals. Mari told The Daily News “The reason Vinny survived so many years in solitary is because he is a man,” “That might sound trite, but Vinny has a personal code of conduct. It’s not about ‘omerta,’ and it’s not about loyalty, it’s just about being a man. Vinny is not a rat.” Vinny Gorgeous instead choose to work on his legal appeals while serving his two life sentences.
A former warden of the Florence , Colorado prison described it as a “cleaner version of hell” housing infamous terrorists like the Unabomber and Ramzi Yousef. The move to Big Sandy in Eastern Kentucky is a step up for the former New York mafia boss now that prosecutors no longer see him as a public threat. Along with the improved conditions, the move also brings Vinny a little closer to his old territory in the Bronx and his family. The recent prison photo from supermax of the former Cosa Nostra mobster via his lawyer shows he is still living up to his nickname.
Got to give it to Vinny he really looks great considering he has spent all of those years locked down in that supermax spot. The new location seems like a big step up even though i guess in many ways prison is still prison.
Props to Vinny for maintaining his integrity and not turning rat like so many others from his clan. That’s gotta count for something.
Definitely a stand up guy. When he was busted there were some who figured looking at two life sentences he may have flinched but not even close.
Do you know what integrity means?
Being the boss, you have to be ready for a life like this. Much respect to Vinny and standing tall through what i can only imagine has been a living hell, he doesnt look to bad either. The last 20 yrs for the Bonnano hieracy has been a tough one with rats, good to see him being a stand up guy through it all, could never see Vinny going down that route anyway. Always had respect on the streets, even with being a but of a hot head. Wish him luck with his appeals although hell prob die inside. Colorado max is a tough place though, at least he got out of there even though im sure no one was messing with him.
Indeed would have to think this new home is quite an upgrade over that supermax and your right all things considered he looks pretty damn good. And your probably right the chances of any of those appeals working out in his favor is prob an extremely long long shot. But at least he knows he wasn’t a rat when its all said and done.
he is a real gangster dying breed when he became boss he acted like john gotti last boss in New York to really do that
Yes. Much respect to a murderer who raised three drug dealing, violent children who haven’t held a job between them their entire lives.
Are you for real?
Much respect indeed. 11 years in that shithole ain’t easy. At least he can look himself in the mirror unlike the fat rat Massino. Vinny Gorgeous, a man’s man, a gangster’s gangster!
You do realize these mobsters you are metaphorically sucking off wouldn’t piss on you if you were on fire, right?
A man’s man is someone who works for a living, pays taxes and sends his kids to college.
You take the screen name of a faggot on a TV show and your gonna talk to me about metaphorically sucking someone off? Lol. As I type this your probably sucking someone off literally and I can only imagine what else. I don’t need your definition of a man, lol. You probably wear a dress.
Ugh… Vinny…. ugh ugh ugh…. you’re so Gorgeous…. ugh ugh ugh…. plow me Vinny.. ugh ugh ugh make me your prison bitch….. ugh ugh ugh ugh… so big, so strong….. ugh ugh…. worked out a lot in solitary confinement huh? …… ugh ugh ugh… that’s right…….. right there… that’s the spot…. ugh ugh ugh… fuck the feds…
Your so tough. You wanna talk shit on a guy who’s locked up for life. If he was standing in front of you , you wouldn’t say shit, we both know this. Pathetic.
He is no doubt the real deal. I wonder if he made enough for his family. I heard his son is in the life too. I tried to read his book, or book about him. It was too boring for my taste.
all his kids done some time for dealing weed I think vinny junior might stlll be inside he is the only bsanacio kid I think is made. That rat dom cicale was trying to extort the basanico family recently local flower shop owner and jerry capeci exposed it he was saying if basanicos paid 300k to him he would tell the feds he lied when testifying giving vinny a chance at a retrial the family weren’t having it. They are not the best finaniclly either feds took everything from that family
he Is a real gangster vinny. Hate these rats if you join that life don’t go crying when times get hard that rat took a beating in little Italy in front of everyone recently when I heard about that gave me a good laugh though they would have had to kill him but too many people and tourists a beating the middle of the festival in front of thousands that is sending a message
Maybe if his wife held down a job like a responsible adult then the feds taking illegally accrued assets wouldn’t have had such an impact on them.
Yeah, that gave me a good laugh too. That’s what he gets for going down there. He should have known better. Chris Paciello is all out in the open down on South Beach, he ratted out a lot of guys. Somebody should go say hello.
God i hate sheep…i would trade my soul to smack the life out of omar88 while he begs for his mommy….fuck the government, fuck taxes,and fuck week little bitches like you….all that matters is that your loyal to yourself and your family….respect to vinny b…