A Educação no ambiente prisional: dever do Estado versus realidade alcançada

Abstract

This article deals with education for the prison community and aims to reflect on aspects that strengthen or limit education in prisons, based on the Criminal Enforcement Law (LEP n. 7.210 / 1984) and the Law on Guidelines and Bases of Education (LDB n. 9.394 / 1996), thus guaranteeing the inmate's right to education. The research problem refers to identifying the benefits and difficulties faced by the LEP regarding the education of prisoners. The research methodology is bibliographical and documentary, with emphasis on undergraduate work, dissertations, those articles and technical reports that deal with prison education. The study makes a bibliographical survey based on reports of counselors from the states of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Espírito Santo, made available on the Internet and which deal, among other issues, with the fragility of the provision of education in prisons. The results indicate that, although provided in the LEP, the provision of education for prisoners is small because of the difficulties faced in what confers on the physical structure of prisons, financial and administrative issues. The research also shows that Distance Education, through virtual rooms, can be used to include the community incarcerated in situations of studies, both in programs such as Youth and Adult Education (EJA) and the continuity of Studies.