O sistema prisional brasileiro: segregação social, punição e encarceramento em massa e o caminho para o estado de coisas incostitucional

Abstract

This work is dedicated to analyzing how the Brazilian Prison System, in its current form, impacts the social and Human Rights issues of the incarcerated population, and may also go against the Federal Constitution. The study carried out is descriptive in nature and uses the deductive method, from which it was possible to describe and demonstrate the various factors that make up the prison system and corroborate the existence of social inequality, with the consequent mass punishment of the less favored classes and disrespect to the fundamental rights of their custodians. Mass incarceration and an exorbitant number of prisoners in calamitous, degrading and inhumane situations, in addition to the high rate of deaths in prisons due to violence, suicide or diseases acquired in the prison environment, in addition to the constant growth in recidivism rates, reveal the failure of the Prison System in removing only delinquents from society, aiming at their resocialization and, subsequently, their reinsertion into society. In addition to failing to comply with the provisions of the Federal Constitution, given the amount of neglect that occurred in the State's custody centers. Thus, as an objective of this work, we seek to analyze how the Prison System, which should be the apparatus used to provide security, brings more insecurity and negative influences on the lives of those who once belonged to it, than positively shapes the character of those who once belonged to it. its users, through the observation of specific issues such as social issues and human rights.