Educação Carcerária e Políticas Públicas no Brasil: Efetivação de Mudanças Comportamentais?

Abstract

Considering prison education, the possibility of modifying the behavior of imprisoned individuals and reducing recidivism in delinquent acts was questioned through the implementation of public policies aimed at this scenario. The general objective of the study was to verify if the educative practices currently used by the incarcerated ones correspond to the government policy in vogue in Brazil. For that, a qualitative bibliographical survey was carried out in order to provide an analytical-critical reflection based on documentary data about educational practices in a prison environment. From the notes in the literature that question the execution of the prison educational process, it was observed the existence of public policies aimed at prison education and normative acts that regulate the processes with the purpose of endowing the incarcerated individual with possibilities of modifying conduct. It was concluded that, although there are educational actions in a prison environment, the education forged in this scenario, faces challenges, such as lack of structure and specialized teacher training that encourages behavioral modification. It is believed that one of the possibilities to minimize this problem would be the establishment of combined actions between Education, Law and Psychology, aiming at the restructuring of the behavior of prisoners.