Estigma: um estudo de caso com agentes de segurança penitenciária da cidade de Cataguases – MG

Abstract

This dissertation brings to investigate a qualitative case study of the attribution of stigma to Prison Workers in the city of Cataguases - MG. Prisons, as institutions guided by the logic of exclusion and punishment, directly impact the lives of those who pass through it. We use the concept of stigma to understand these impacts of working in a place with the characteristics of isolation, violence and constant danger. We work with semi-structured interviews to understand how these stigmas are established in different situations of the prison worker’s life. We understand that there are different perspectives of performance of these professionals in constant dispute within the dynamics of the prison unit. We have identified that the career of Penitentiary Security Guard, in recent years, goes through a process of professionalization that is justified, among other things, by the abandonment of a stigma traditionally attributed to the "jailers", corrupt and violent and this professionalization is related to the adoption of a series of measures that bring the category closer to the militarized institutions of Brazilian society