Education as a human right to prisioner in Brazil

Abstract

The prison system still holds the edge in the interest of society. However, the impact of management models, the success or failure in the process of (re) socialization of prisoner has direct impact on social dynamics. The criminal act that brings the person to deprivation of liberty does not take away the personhood, therefore, person is able to receive proper treatment for the condition of human being. Thus, this article highlights the education in the field of human rights in Brazil, essential to properly (re) socialization and reintegration of prisoners while highlighting the educational importance of individuals deprived of their liberty, their difficulties and possibilities with emphasis on the laws and guidelines of education in prisons. The methodology used intented to review the most important documents in which the schooling of prioners appears as a fundamental right, as well as articles, research results and statistics from the Penitentiary Information System as diagnosis of the educacional conditions in Brazilian Penitentiary System. The sistematic knowlodge about education shows its precariousness, as well as highlights that education is still presented as a human right that has being broken on its condition of public policie, in view of countless intervening factors that avoid the access to quality public education for individuals deprived of their liberty. The present move of the government and Brazilian society has sought alternatives to revamp the criminal enforcement of laws and enforcement mechanisms to find the same in the field of human rights guarantees to / the prisoners / as also with regard to formal education.