The Chivalric Order of Our Lady of Sion APS, in accordance with its social purposes of protecting the weak, promoting human dignity and disseminating chivalric and constitutional values, considered essential for an authentic process of improving society, presents the following project for re-education to punishment called: "The Code of the Redeemed - From guilt to responsibility" The project is based on the principles established by Article 27 of the Italian Constitution, according to which punishment must aim at the re-education of the convicted. It intends to offer prisoners a path of reflection, awareness and identity reconstruction, through cultural, narrative and theatrical tools capable of activating a profound and lasting change. Re-education is not intended as mere observance of the rules, but as rediscovery of the value of responsibility, honor, self-respect and respect for others, and the possibility of redemption. The project "The Code of the Redeemed" was born with the aim of offering prisoners a cultural, symbolic and emotional experience that stimulates an authentic reflection on the concept of responsibility, redemption, honor, respect for rules and reconstruction of the self. Through literature, theater and dialogue, the prisoner is accompanied on a path of awareness, recognizing their human dignity even beyond the error committed.
General objective: Promote a process of moral, civic and identity re-education of prisoners, in line with constitutional principles, through high-impact cultural tools and symbolic and emotional impact. Specific objectives: Stimulate reflection on the concepts of guilt, responsibility and redemption. Foster understanding of chivalric values reinterpreted in a modern key: honor, loyalty, sacrifice, protection of the weak, self-control. Strengthen the sense of belonging to the community and civil rules. Offer symbolic models of personal rebirth. Promote culture as a tool for inner transformation. Project structure The project is divided into three fundamental moments: PHASE 1 - CULTURAL DONATION To each participating institution, 10 copies of the book will be donated: "The Code of the Redeemed" Author: Dr. Donato Picciolo Edition: Chivalric Order of Our Lady of Sion APS The copies will be inserted in the internal library of the institution or entrusted to selected groups of prisoners. Symbolic value of the donation: The book becomes a tool for personal reflection and a concrete sign of trust in change. PHASE 2 - MEETING WITH PRISONERS A direct meeting with prisoners, structured as a dialogue and not as a frontal lesson. Contents: Presentation of the book The Code of the Redeemed. Readings of selected passages. Guided discussion on the themes: Error and responsibility Honor and personal dignity The possibility of redemption The difference between strength and violence The respect for rules as protection, not as punishment Connection to constitutional values: Art. 2 - Inviolable human rights Art. 3 - Equality Art. 27 - Re-educational function of punishment Art. 54 - Duty of loyalty to the Republic and respect for laws THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE Performance of the play: "The Templars, the Army of God" Author: Dr. Maria Francesca Mariano, Magistrate at the Court of Lecce Purpose of the performance: Theater becomes a tool for empathy, reflection and catharsis. Through the story, characters and moral conflicts, the prisoner is led to question himself on: The sense of duty The conflict between good and evil The responsibility of choices The possibility of redemption METHODOLOGY The project uses a methodology: Narrative (stories as inner mirrors) Symbolic (the knight as an ethical figure) Dialogical (confrontation, not imposition) Emotional (genuine involvement) Constitutional (rooted in republican values). EXPECTED RESULTS Increased personal awareness Better emotion management Strengthening of the sense of responsibility Reduction of oppositional behaviors Improvement of the relational climate Stimulus to subsequent educational paths. ADDED VALUE FOR INSTITUTIONS Enrichment of the treatment offer Project conforming to art. 27 Cost. No cost for the institution Cultural, educational and symbolic value Potential replicability CONCLUSIONS The project The Code of the Redeemed does not limit itself to talking about redemption: it puts it on stage, tells it and makes it possible. It is a path that does not justify the error, but recognizes the person beyond the error.
