O TRABALHO COMO INSTRUMENTO DE RESSOCIALIZAÇÃO E MEIO DE REMIÇÃO PENAL DA POPULAÇÃO ENCARCERADA

Abstract

The present study aims to analyze the importance of work for the incarcerated population, as part of human dignity, focusing on the issue of resocialization as the main objective of prisons, and also on the benefits derived from it, such as redemption. To this end, a historical cut was made from the beginning, when work was still seen as a slave activity and imputed as a way to punish and increase the suffering of the convicts. With the appearance of prisons and the humanization of sentences, life began to be given greater value, seeking the recovery and rehabilitation of the condemned for their later reintegration into society. However, it was seen that although work is a fundamental right, it is often not enjoyed by the incarcerated population, due to the scarcity of job offers, the lack of state supervision and the discretion rooted in society through the stigma of ex-prisoner, which makes the prison system fail. Thus, to overcome these obstacles it is necessary to implement policies to generate employment and income for people deprived of their freedom, based on the social, cognitive and emancipatory functions of work as a typically human activity. Moreover, with the adoption of such measures and the active participation of the State, it is possible to achieve re-socialization in an efficient way, since, with the offer of work, as a social right, as well as studies, many of those arrested will be able to enjoy the benefits of redemption, protected by specific law, decreasing the time of their sentence and returning to free society with a new perspective of life. This is reflected in the reduction of criminal recidivism.