Discussões acerca das prisões privadas brasileiras: solução ou problema?

Abstract

Currently, Brazil is the third country in the world with the largest prison population in the world, and the majority of Brazilian prisons present serious problems, the most evident of which is overcrowding, idleness, non-compliance with activities aimed at resocialization and disrespect for the population. dignity of human person. A discourse on the theme has been growing, which is the increase in the privatization of municipal and state prisons. That said, the present article aims to conduct a research in the administrative scope of Brazilian prisons. In view of this panorama, it is necessary to address some issues, such as discussing the current situation of Brazilian prisons: which and how many are privatized; to present forms of privatization; finally, list opinions favorable to and against privatization. This study, using the qualitative method, listed opinions of lawyers, data and reports that brought the general panorama experienced in the prison system. Such documents show the chaos experienced by the system, it shows failures experienced in the private and public model, but more opinions were found in favor of privatizations than opposed. Privatization of prisons, whether through co-management or public-private partnership, does not present itself as a definitive solution to this problem, even with lower rates of recidivism, there are other ways to relieve the Brazilian prison system, such as the adoption of milder penalties for light crimes and greater use of the electronic anklet.