Crise do sistema prisional brasileiro: desafios para conter a superlotação e suas consequências para a sociedade

Abstract

This work seeks to clarify the types of punishment that exist in the legal system, focusing on the custodial sentence. From this point on, the desired objective will be to analyze the current conditions of Brazilian prisons, demonstrating how overcrowding and other conditions faced there can generate harmful effects on inmates as well as society as a whole. Statistical data will be presented in order to prove the thesis defended, as well as a comparison will be made with other countries and their ways of dealing with prison, seeking to understand the reason for the large number of prisoners and the reason for the lack of places in Brazil. The economic aspects that surround this issue will also be observed, as well as questions whether the measures currently taken are in fact effective, since recidivism is common among individuals in the Brazilian prison system. Furthermore, the dignity of the human person will be analyzed and how the aforementioned constitutional foundation is being violated within Brazilian prisons and the impacts generated from this. The work also discusses possible solutions to the problem in question, aiming for a fairer and more harmonious society