A ação comunitária na garantia dos direitos fundamentais e sociais da população carcerária : um estudo de caso sobre a atuação do Conselho da Comunidade junto ao Presídio Estadual Feminino de Lajeado.

Abstract

The current situation of the Brazilian prison population has frequently been the subject of national and international news. It draws attention to the chaotic state of the prison units in situations that seem to be on the verge of fleeing control and provoking rebellion, as indeed has been happening with increasing frequency. At the core of the claims is the guarantee of the fundamental rights of the prison population, with female prisoners having peculiar characteristics and rights inherent to the gender, and receiving treatment that respects the differences in relation to the other prisoners. One way to guarantee the basic rights of women serving sentences in the Brazilian penitentiary system, overcoming the financial and management difficulties of the public power, is to count on the participation of the community. The purpose of this study is to investigate the role and importance of the Council of the Community in guaranteeing fundamental and social rights to the prison population of the Lajeado State Female Prison in the light of communitarian thinking. The present research is justified for investigating the relevance of community action in the effort to guarantee the basic fundamental rights of women prisoners. The problem that guides the research is to determine the role and importance of the Community Council for the guarantee of fundamental and social rights to the prison population of Lajeado State Female Prison in the light of communitarianism. The theme is related to the great issues of the UNDP-PPG-Law, such as democracy and social inclusion, particularly addressed in the Line of Research in Public Policies of Social Inclusion and in the research group Communitarianism and Public Policies. The methodology uses a hypothetical-deductive approach and method of historical-critical procedure, supported by bibliographic research technique and interviews to subsidize the case study, referring to the Lajeado State Female Prison. The study concludes that the community contribution to public safety is significant, both in the construction and quality of the work as well as in the well-being and prospects of resocialization of the prisoners.