(2020-01) Silva, Regivaldo José da; Costa, Ênio Silva da; Florêncio, Roberto Remígio; Santos, Carlos Alberto Batista
The discussion on education within the Brazilian Prison System is strongly connected with the
social function of the school, once the criminal policy is directly related to the failure of the
prison system, taking into account its primary objectives, viz. resocialize and insert its subjects
into society, without the prospect of relapsing into the prison system. Many laws have emerged
towards the possibility of emancipatory education and the redemption of sentences, but
practically little has been done to alleviate the effects of imprisonment, recidivism and the social
consequences, which end up in the retro-feeding effect of the penitentiary system.