A (im) possibilidade de ressocialização: representações sociais da ressocialização por meio do estudo da população carcerária masculina no Estado do Rio de Janeiro

Abstract

This dissertation aims to identify the social representations of resocialization through school for male prisoners in prisons located in Rio de Janeiro. Brazilian legislation has within its organizing principles the concept of prisoners resocialization by establishing limits to the prison sentence and preventing death penalty, however, after analyzing prison conditions in this ideological resocialization it has proved to be ineffective. The education offer for inmates has occurred in Brazil since 1967 and presently there is a law 12 433 of 29 june 2011, which establishes a correlation between formal education and remission of the sentence. The dissertation is a brief background of the education in the brazilian penal system, considering its limits and potentialities. The theoretical reference used was the theory of social representations as presented by Serge Moscovici (1978) in his original research on social representations of psychoanalysis. The theoretical approach adopted allowed the identification of this kind of social thought in a group of inmates who attend school in prison prioritizing the relationship between school and resocialization. Eighty males were interviewed in prisons in the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro, with due authorization given by the prison, by the secretary of state for education and the strictness in agreement with the ethical standards established for research with humans, especially warranty of anonymity. The representation of behavior in prison limits itself to the concept of Environment, which means a series of attitudes and thought that allow the survival inside the prison. The school was understood by prisoners, as an institution also determined by the environment. Although the school has been thoroughly evaluated and has presented prospects for resocialization, prisoners consider the family to be the main agent of resocialization ahead of school. We believe that, for the inmates, the school may represent the possibility of resocialization. However, it should direct its activities towards the job market and the social networking affinity with the family lato senso of the prisoners, so that its effectiveness can be real and powerful.