A ineficiência do sistema penitenciário brasileiro no processo de ressocialização dos apenados - uma análise sobre o prisma doutrinário

Abstract

The inefficiency of the Brazilian prison system highlights the failure of a model predominantly focused on punishment, incapable of promoting the true resocialization of inmates. Although the Penal Execution Law stipulates that punishment should have an educational and reintegrative character, the reality of prisons in the country is marked by overcrowding, unsanitary conditions, violence, lack of assistance, and constant violation of human rights. The degrading environment, the lack of access to education, work, and social assistance prevent the prison from fulfilling its transformative function, contributing to the strengthening of the cycle of exclusion and criminal recidivism. In this sense, instead of rehabilitating, prisons end up reproducing inequalities, amplifying marginalization and further distancing the individual from social life. Human dignity and the individualization of punishment, fundamental principles enshrined in the Federal Constitution and the Penal Execution Law, are constantly disregarded. The precariousness of incarceration conditions, institutional corruption, and the absence of effective public policies reinforce the inhumane character of the system. Conversely, work and education are presented as essential tools for rebuilding citizenship and reducing recidivism, capable of restoring to the offender a sense of dignity and social belonging.