Education in prisons: an analysis based on integral evaluation beyond remission and focused on human rights

Abstract

The aim of this article was to analyze the schooling prescribed and instituted in an incarcerated context based on the representations of some teachers and prisoners in the Lemos Brito prison system. Methodologically employed quanti-qualitative research through field research in the School at the Lemos penitentiary, the universe of participants was three teachers and eight students. Based on the objectives that guided this article, it is important to highlight that research makes the reality of prisons more visible and schooling in this context more urgent, far beyond the common sense prevalent in regular minds. By introducing the voices of teachers and some students with regard to the prison world, the investigation points to a perspective that intends to change this reality and overcome the legal system, since it is limited to conceiving the prison as a place of punishment and reintegration where education should be included.