Política de morte no sistema prisional: uma análise do racismo como extensão do sistema de segurança da Paraíba

Abstract

In recent years, the Brazilian prison population has grown significantly, placing the country as the third largest incarcerated population in the world. This scenario reveals a high growth of mass incarceration among the Black population, reflecting the structural inequalities that permeate society. The present study aims to analyze the prison system in Paraíba as a mechanism for perpetuating racism, linking it to the concept of necropower, in which the State exercises sovereignty over life and death, determining who may live and who must die. This dynamic is connected to the logic of social segregation, marked by colonial heritage and the criminalization of the Black population. The research also seeks to highlight the absence of effective public policies and the precarious conditions of prison institutions, understanding them as part of a politics of death and social control. To achieve this objective, it was necessary to adopt a qualitative approach, based on bibliographic and documentary studies. The research has an exploratory character, aiming to broaden the understanding of the phenomenon, and a descriptive character, systematizing concepts and analyses of the Brazilian prison system, emphasizing the importance of understanding the prison system as a space for reproducing racial inequalities, which does not solve the problem of criminality, and reinforcing the need for public policies that promote social justice.