PATHWAYS FROM PRISON - PROJETO DE EDUCAÇÃO PENITENCIÁRIA NO ESTADO DE WYOMING-EUA: UM OLHAR SOBRE A RESSOCIALIZAÇÃO DOS DETENTOS

Abstract

The Brazilian Criminal Execution Law was designed to ensure that the enforcement of sentences is in accordance with the principle of dignity, so that the rights to food, health, hygiene, education, among others, are guaranteed. It is the duty of the State to provide conditions for detainees, conditions that contribute to their social reintegration. Based on the assumption that education is the best instrument for the reintegration of the inmates, as well as for the prevention of new crimes, projects for basic, secondary and professional education have been developed in Brazilian prisons. However, the present work intends to analyze a re-socialization work developed in the state of Wyoming, in the United States, in order to make an evaluation on the possibilities of an effective prison education program. This is a bibliographic work, supported by current legislation in Brazil, as well as readings by authors such as Ramatiz Soares Pereira, Paula Bajer, Damasio Jesus, Daiane Rodrigues Zanotto, Iris Saraiva Russowsky, among others that provided relevant discussions, about the proposed theme Due to these ideas, there is a real need for a new discussion about the applicability of the legislation, since the result of the most varied studies converge to the premise that education is the best mechanism for the prisoner's resocialization.