A educação de pessoas privadas de liberdade no marco jurídico - político brasileiro: desafios e interfaces com um projeto de leitura e contação de histórias

Abstract

Prison education is a universal human right that must be guaranteed to all people who are deprived of their liberty. In this way, education in penitentiary centers can be developed in different ways and constitutes a strong instrument for the social insertion of convicts, becoming a strategy that seeks a re-education and social reintegration of inmates with the purpose of developing new skills. Therefore, the present work aims to analyze the legal and political framework of education in prisons and its relationship with the perspectives of a reading project with women who have been proven free and their children. Bibliographical and documentary study exemplified with a case study on the Storytelling Project at the Female Prison Júlia Maranhão. Data collection about the project was carried out through interviews with the creator of the project and with someone responsible for some educational projects in prisons in the city of João Pessoa. Most of the data demonstrated the weaknesses of female prisons in the prison system in relation to education, mainly due to the lack of professional support for continuity and strengthening of the activities started. It is noticed that education in the prison system encompasses multiple improvements for people deprived of liberty, such as the return of their self-esteem and the restructuring of broken bonds throughout the process. It should be noted that it is not only necessary to enforce the laws, but also the active participation of the prison warders, teachers and students involved in prisons in order to notice the results of the projects in the prison environment.