“In the pity that does not yield to rancor, Mother I learned love”, De Andrè sang in his “Testamento di Tito” in the presence of Christ crucified next to the two thieves. This is probably the meaning of the daily work of Monica Amirante, president of the Surveillance Court of Salerno and national coordinator of the surveillance magistrates (Conams). Because, behind those bars where it is difficult to remain human, she considers it essential to never lose the profound meaning of the concept of Pietas towards those who, convicted and therefore deemed guilty by sentence, lose their freedom but not their fundamental rights. And, in this torrid summer marked by suicides in prison and riots, she forcefully reiterates the need for a radical change of mentality, starting from civil society, with respect to detention and alternative measures. More resources, adequate and multidisciplinary territorial care facilities but above all the true and full application of Article 27 of the Constitution which, among other things, expressly provides that “punishments cannot consist of treatments contrary to the sense of humanity and must aim at the re-education of the convicted”.
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