Salvatore DeSanto

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Salvatore DeSanto
Salvatore DeSanto

Salvatore DeSanto, played by Phil Campanella, is an Italian inmate on the HBO drama Oz. He is a short, muscular inmate who pretty much acts as a background prisoner until he is falsely accused of drugging inmate Augustus Hill. After the accusation, Augustus' stepfather and Homeboy leader Burr Redding arranges for his food to be mixed with a fatal amount of LSD and as a result DeSanto dies of brain failure instantly.

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DeSanto first appears in the office of unit manager Tim McManus who tells the Italians that Peter Schibetta is being released from the psych ward. Chucky Pancamo the Italian's leader is then brought into an FBI Interrogation. The result of the interrogation is that the Aryan Brotherhood led by Vernon Schillinger attack the Italians over the death of Vern's son Hank. Pancamo is hospitalized and Schibetta is raped for a second time. Frank Urbano then arrives and has the Italians hospitalize James Robson and the other Aryans for an attempted rape on a friend of inmate Tobias Beecher who has requested the Italian's protection. In the middle of all this, the Italian's allies, the Latinos led by Enrique Morales become partners with the Homeboys led by Burr Redding. The Homeboys are Black Gangsters who are the Italian's biggest threat in the drug trade so things get worse once their allies the Latinos are working with them. Later Homeboy Arnold "Poet" Jackson falsely accuses DeSanto of drugging Black inmate Augustus Hill. Hill is Redding's stepson and once Redding gets verification from a credible witness, he seeks revenge on DeSanto. At dinner that night, Urbano who is currently in charge states that the Italians should get back into the drug trade by killing Redding. DeSanto points out that Redding doesn't know how to die as they have made numerous attempts on him. As he is pointing this out, his head starts to spin. His food has been mixed with a fatal amount of LSD by the Black inmates in the cafeteria on orders of Redding and he dies of brain failure immediately. The Homeboys competently clean the kitchen so that there is no physical evidence of lacing his food with LSD. Augustus Hill in the hospital does however state that DeSanto is innocent and this causes Poet to falsely accuse the Latinos of drugging Hill. As a result the Latino/Homeboy alliance comes to a close, and they agree to work with the Italians again shortly afterwards.

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Oz

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Characters
Prison Administration: Warden Glynn Tim McManus Sister Peter Marie Father Ray Mukada Dr. Gloria Nathan Lenny Burrano Martin Querns Luis Ruiz Dr. Tariq Faraj
Correctional Officers: Sean Murphy Diane Wittlesey Claire Howell Jason Armstrong Joseph Mineo Travis Smith Adrian Johnson Vic D'Agnasti Rick Heim Mike Healy Karl Metzger Eugene Rivera Dave Brass
Visitors: Governor James Devlin Jeremy Goldstein Pierce Taylor Alvah Case Undercover Police: Paul Markstrom Johnny Basil
Muslim Inmates: Kareem Said Zahir Arif Hamid Khan Nacim Bismilla Sanjay Afsana Huseni Mershah Ahmad Lalar Jamel Yusef
Homeboy Inmates: Simon Adebisi Burr Redding Jefferson Keane Johnny Post Poet Kenny Wangler Junior Pierce Malcolm Coyle Supreme Allah Leroy Tidd Mondo Browne Tug Daniels Reggie Rawls
Aryan Inmates: Vern Schillinger James Robson Mark Mack Wolfgang Cutler Franklin Winthrop Adam Guenzel Andrew Schillinger Hank Schillinger
Biker Inmates: Scott Ross Jaz Hoyt Max Sands
Italian Inmates: Nino Schibetta Dino Ortolani Joey D'Angelo Peter Schibetta Chucky Pancamo Don Zanghi Mario Seggio Frank Urbano Salvatore DeSanto
Latino Inmates: Miguel Alvarez Ricardo Alvarez Eduardo Alvarez Carlos Rodrigo Carmen Guerra El Cid Carlo Ricardo Enrique Morales Carlos Martinez Jaime Velez
Irish Inmates: Ryan O'Reily Cyril O'Reily Padraig Connolly Timmy Kirk
Christian Inmates: William Cudney Jeremiah Cloutier Jonathan Coushaine
Gay Inmates: Billie Keane Fiona Richie Hanlon Jason Cramer Nat Ginzburg Alonzo Torquemada
Other Inmates: Tobias Beecher Augustus Hill Chris Keller Bob Rebadow Agamemnon Busmalis Omar White