O Centro de Ressignificação da Pessoa em Privação de Liberdade: uma proposta para o Sistema Prisional da Bahia a partir da individualização da pena

Abstract

In this dissertation, the creation of a Center for the Resignification of the Person Deprived of Liberty is proposed at the Complexo Penitenciário da Mata Escura as a pilot experience. A space that provides assistance to the person deprived of liberty by applying the constitutional principle of individualization of punishment without disregarding their previously defined socialization, their cultural baggage and other elements of their life prior to imprisonment, that is, their acceptance as a human being capable of resignifying their world view through assisted activities such as access to education, professionalization and, above all, health. In order to do so, the constitutional guideline on individualization of punishment in the execution of a sentence involving deprivation of liberty is discussed in the light of the challenges found in the functioning of the prison system, more specifically in Bahia. The movement of prisoners that are entering the Penal Observation Center - COP (Salvador - Bahia), located in the Complexo Penitenciário da Mata Escura, the unity responsible for the admission of male prisoners and for the subsequent reception in the prison units of the capital of Bahia, during 2019 is analyzed. Finally, the intervention of a Work Plan for the Penal Observation Center of Salvador is presented, aiming at the application of the principles of individualization of punishment in the procedures of admittance and at the proposal of a Center for the Resignification of the Person Deprived of Liberty as a pilot project within the Complexo Penitenciário da Mata Escura. The methodology applied was field research, data collection, interviews and the construction of a diagnosis that provided a survey of the profile of prisoners that were entering the prison system of Salvador throughout 2019. Variables such as age, color/ race, education, professional occupation, membership or not of a criminal organization, family and residential context, religion, sexual orientation, article of the penal code were analyzed.