A educação de jovens e adultos no sistema prisional

Abstract

The purpose of this text is to propose a reflection on the educational purpose of the Brazilian penitentiary system and its importance as an instrument of rehabilitation and resocialization, aiming to highlight education as a qualification instrument and to overcome challenges in the social reintegration of penitentiaries. The research is guided by documentary, bibliographic and qualitative analysis. The research results reveal that education in prison fosters schooling and also social inclusion. Education is responsible for several spheres of our daily lives; Youth and Adult Education in the prison system is no different, its function is to help inmates achieve the central objectives of their rehabilitation in prison. Thus, the objective of this social “rescue” is to provide a liberating education that can generate autonomy, sustainability and, consequently, minimize social discrimination, leading inmates to rebuild a future during and after serving their sentence. However, it is necessary that the laws in force, as far as they are concerned, "guarantee" the rights of the prison population, but what we follow in practice is a precarious and chaotic penitentiary system, which has many demands and needs public actions continuous actions to validate education and other rights. It is necessary to review the incarceration policy in Brazil, which today, according to data released by the National Council of Justice-CNJ, has approximately 40% of prisoners who are not serving a definitive sentence, that is, they are provisional prisoners; the penitentiaries are packed with people. However, what happens is that people want to imprison these individuals but forget that those imprisoned after serving the “penalty” will return to society. What we witness in the daily life of penitentiaries is that there is no interest on the part of most citizens and public authorities in the rehabilitation of prisoners.