Serviço Social e política de saúde: o enfrentamento da Covid-19 no sistema prisional masculino de Palmas

Abstract

The present work aims to identify, through a statistical and documentary survey, the coping strategies of Covid-19 in the Male Prison System of Palmas in the State of Tocantins. Contextualized the historical process of Social Work in view of the demands arising from the transformations of society. Social service has an essential role within the prison system, as it seeks to provide adequate assistance in what is required and based on the Laws, including those involving human rights, as well as Law 7,210 of July 11, 1984, called the Execution Law Criminal. The study highlights the actions taken by the State to contain the spread of the virus in prisons for this, we make a brief discussion of health policy. Then, the question about the current scenario of the pandemic of the new coronavirus, COVID-19 in the Palmas prison system, was analyzed, some measures to curb the spread of the disease are pointed out and what were the main recommendations of the specialists, considering the complexity of the scenari.