O sistema prisional brasileiro: problemas e desafios para solucionar o contingente carcerário

Abstract

The present study aims to expose a perspective on the Brazilian Prison System, since it is a topic that addresses from fundamental principles of Human Rights to issues currently debated about the resocialization of inmates. Evidently, this study does not intend to exhaust all the factors that make up the country's Prison System, given its complexity and interdisciplinary relationship with other issues of a social and historical nature. The main objective is to analyze the reasons that led to the population swelling within the penitentiaries, presenting data, information, in addition to the launch of effective ideas to reduce the number of inmates and especially their recidivism in crimes, often considered simple. Also, in order to facilitate the understanding of the subject studied, a historical survey was carried out, addressing the main reasons for the involvement of young people in crimes and the direct relationship between the mass prison population and low-income individuals who are marginalized of the rest of society. Finally, a comparison with some other prison models existing around the world and the fight against incarceration in an unruly way and with no objective of resocialization