A infrequência escolar de uma unidade prisional: o caso da Escola Estadual César Lombroso na Penitenciária José Maria Alkimin

Abstract

This dissertation, developed in the Professional Graduate Program in Management and Evaluation of Public Education of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora, discusses the possible reasons for the high rates of infrequency of students deprived of their liberty at the César Lombroso State School. The school is located in Ribeirão das Neves (Minas Gerais), on the premises of the José Maria Alckimin Penitentiary, and has been in operation for over 50 years. Formal education within the prisons of Minas Gerais is established in terms of technical cooperation between the Prisoner Service Secretariat and the Minas Gerais State Department of Education. The research has as a time frame the years 2013 to 2017, period in which there were high rates of student infrequency, reaching 55%. Based on this, the following guiding question was delimited: what are the possible reasons for the high rates of infrequency of students deprived of their liberty at César Lombroso State School? The general objective outlined for the present study was to analyze the causes that contribute to the high rates of infrequency. It is believed that such infrequency may come from factors that occur within the unit itself, and from this, a research was conducted with interviews with prison officers and convicted students. The research evidenced that the infrequency of the students of this school is related to the procedures of leaving to attend the school, posture of the agents in the procedures, precarious structure of the school facilities within the unit, access to technological resources, emotional situation due to the prison. From this, we elaborated an Educational Action Plan composed of 5 actions, namely: the creation of a team of agents trained to work at school; family participation in school projects; discussions on remission of penalty; fight against infrequency and finally evaluation of the PAE.