HISTORY, PRISONS AND PUNISHMENT: HISTORICAL ARRANGEMENTS OF BRAZILIAN INCARCERATION

DINALDO BARBOSA DA SILVA JÚNIOR; VICENTA CERVELLÓ DONDERIS

DINALDO BARBOSA DA SILVA JÚNIOR UFCG, UNIFAP https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0909-0703
VICENTA CERVELLÓ DONDERIS University of Valencia – Spain https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2814-5055

Keywords: Incarceration, Punishment and Brazilian Prisons

Abstract

This paper has as an aim discuss not only how the prison system has evolved through the Brazilian history, but also how social movements had their own influence towards the subject. Incorporating citations, this paper points out the main historical problems of the prisons listed and general issues which are explained. The approach towards the treatment of Brazilian inmates also shares the space with the discussion about how governments have seen this population and what kind of reality such social groups faced in different periods of Brazilian history.

Author Biographies

DINALDO BARBOSA DA SILVA JÚNIOR, UFCG, UNIFAP

Professor at the Federal University of Campina Grande and the Federal University of Amapá

VICENTA CERVELLÓ DONDERIS, University of Valencia – Spain

Professor at the University of Valencia – Spain