Análise psicossocial da representação que os detentos fazem de suas condições carcerárias em função de serem primários ou reincidentes

Abstract

This paper analyses the perception of detainees about their conditions in the prison: we compared the perception of primary detainee and relapsed one. We work with two groups of detainees. One group that committed homicide and was sent to the prison only once. The other group was sent to the prison more then once, had committed homicide and another infraction, could be homicide or not, with a second time in the prison. In this context we identified some conditions inside the prison. According to them we make the questions to be answered by the detainees. We studied the perception of the family, the lost of work conditions, and the security inside the prison; the infraction causes, the relapse probability and the conditions that help their recovery or not. The diferences found between the two groups show us how the detainees build up their guilt feeling and also the relationship they have with their family.