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41-BIS: MONUMENTO SPECIALE DELLA LOTTA ALLA MAFIA, FOSSA COMUNE DI SEPOLTI VIVI

July 19, 2020:

Nessuno tocchi Caino-Spes contra Spem terrà un altro Consiglio Direttivo sabato, 25 luglio 2020, dalle 9:30 alle 18:30 (con una pausa pranzo dalle 13:30 alle 15:00), sempre sulla piattaforma Zoom. Il Consiglio Direttivo sarà trasmesso in diretta da Radio Radicale, sul canale YouTube e sulla pagina Facebook di Nessuno tocchi Caino.
Come annunciato nella riunione del 20 giugno scorso, lo dedicheremo al 41-bis e lo faremo a partire da un fascicolo della rivista giuridica Giurisprudenza Penale, curato dagli avvocati Lucilla Amerio, Veronica Manca e Guido Stampanoni Bassi e interamente dedicato al “carcere duro”.
Nella riunione, cercheremo di tenere insieme l’aspetto tecnico-giuridico (di cui il fascicolo prevalentemente tratta) e quello umano del vissuto delle vittime di questo regime speciale che vige in Italia da quasi trent’anni e che nessuno pare voglia mettere in discussione. Prenderanno la parola ex detenuti al 41-bis, avvocati difensori, magistrati di sorveglianza, giuristi. Ritorneremo sulla vicenda di Vincenzo Stranieri, di cui la figlia Anna ha raccontato in modo straziante nella ultima riunione. Parleremo della storia di Raffaele Cutolo, un uomo di quasi 80 anni vissuti in un tempo “equamente” diviso fra tre generazioni: la prima in libertà, la seconda nel carcere “normale”, la terza al “carcere duro”. Entrambi rischiano di morire nelle mani di uno Stato che ha abolito la pena di morte, ma non la morte per pena e la pena fino alla morte.
Il monumento simbolo della lotta alla mafia si erge su una fossa di sepolti vivi, uomini privati di sensi umani fondamentali come la vista e l’udito, di facoltà sociali minime come la parola.
Da regime speciale introdotto per tagliare le comunicazioni mafiose tra l’interno e l’esterno del carcere, il 41-bis si è nel tempo involuto fino ad attorcigliarsi su se stesso, si è incattivito fino ad accanirsi anche contro se stesso, con norme, disposizioni, circolari assurde che, al confronto, quelle in vigore a Guantanamo o nei campi di rieducazione cinesi appaiono regole libertarie.
La mania securitaria ha spinto, ad esempio, il Dipartimento dell’Amministrazione Penitenziaria a percorrere tutti i gradi di ricorso fino alla Suprema Corte di Cassazione per ripristinare la sanzione disciplinare, che il Magistrato di Sorveglianza di Sassari aveva cancellato, nei confronti di due detenuti che da una cella all’altra, prima di cena, si erano scambiati un “buon appetito”.
Se il “diritto penale del nemico” ha stravolto le regole basilari del giusto processo nelle aule di tribunale dove si trattano reati di mafia, il “codice penitenziario del nemico” applicato ai detenuti per mafia (anche a quelli in attesa di giudizio, quindi innocenti fino a prova contraria) ha travolto le regole minime del buon senso. Dire a quello della cella di fronte “buonanotte” prima di dormire o “buon appetito” prima di mangiare, costituisce grave minaccia all’ordine democratico e alla sicurezza pubblica, ordine e sicurezza non solo interni al carcere, anche esterni e, forse, anche internazionali. La Corte di Cassazione ha seppellito il ricorso del DAP con una risata. Ma c’è poco da ridere.
Il 41-bis è un regime di tortura, un dominio dell’uomo sull’uomo pieno e incontrollato, sempre più chiuso e ottuso. È la quintessenza del carcere, dell’isolamento, della privazione della libertà.
Un giorno – che noi di Nessuno tocchi Caino, noi che siamo anche Spes contra Spem, faremo in modo non sia molto lontano – ci volgeremo indietro e guarderemo al carcere, nella sua versione “dura” e nella sua versione “morbida”, come si guarda a una rovina della storia, un resto archeologico dell’umanità. Ci volgeremo indietro e diremo a noi stessi: cosa abbiamo fatto? Siamo arrivati a giudicare, punire e chiudere le persone in una cella! A tenerle fuori dal tempo e fuori dal mondo. A volte senza pane e acqua, a volte con pane e acqua, interdette all’uso stesso della parola, all’usanza civile del dire “buon appetito”, alla buona maniera del dirsi “buongiorno” o “buonanotte”.

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