Experiências formativas com projetos de leitura nas penitenciárias Desembargador Sílvio Porto e Doutor Romeu Gonçalves de Abrantes em João Pessoa/PB

Abstract

This study, linked to the Research Line in Popular Education of the PostgraduateProgram in Education at the Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB), aims to reflect onthe formative experiences of the Reading Project at the Desembargador Silvio PortoPenitentiary and the Doutor Romeu Gonçalves de Abrantes Maximum SecurityPenitentiary between 2019 and 2022, both in João Pessoa, Paraíba, PB, through theUniversity Extension Project Entre-Nós: letters, words and conversations of UFPB, hadas sources of research and analysis: letters, words and conversations. For thisdiscussion, we used as theoretical references Foucault (2014), Marc de Maeyer (2007)among others. A descriptive study was carried out, with a qualitative approach, havingas a methodological assumption autobiographical narratives about experiences inprisons in João Pessoa, PB. Our general objective is to share experiences ofeducational practices experienced in the prison context. We have seen thateducational experiences in these prisons contribute to reflections on educationalpolicies for thinking about the public deprived of liberty. We conclude that theexperiences described here have led to the understanding that extension projectscollaborate in the process of coexistence within the prison. We have seen that theextension project “Windows to the World” reached the LGBTQIAPN+ public throughreading practices and provided space for reflections on resignification with potentiallypedagogical moments. The project Entre-Nós: letters, words and conversationsmanaged to maintain educational practices in the Doutor Romeu Gonçalves deAbrantes Maximum Security Penitentiary during the Covid-19 pandemic through theexchange of letters between individuals deprived of liberty, students of the Pedagogycourse, master's and doctoral students. In addition to these universities, men andwomen who do not work directly in the field of research but accepted the invitation ofthe project's execution team participated.