Now jail has become a heavy burden: contributions on COVID-19 movements in the Brazilian prison system

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https://doi.org/10.5216/sec.v24.66100

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The article derives from a qualitative, ethnographical work, carried out in a prison in Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, to explore some of the criminal justice and prison system dynamics induced by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Our assumption is that recent dynamics observed from behind the bars reflect movements free from the bars, notably decisions by the Ministry of Justice, but also in-prison criminal organizations, relevant to analysis. The conclusions refer to experiences of imprisoned people in a period of poorer visiting conditions and the exchange currencies set up: on the one hand, (imminence of) rebellion and, on the other, absence of visits. Various movements are analyzed by means of the Executive and Judiciary power dynamics, at the state level, and the response of prisons, within the scope of in-prison discipline.

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Simone da Silva Ribeiro Gomes, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil

Professora do Programa de Pós-graduação em Sociologia da Universidade Federal de Pelotas. Doutora em Sociologia pelo Instituto de Estudos Sociais e Políticos da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro e mestre em Sociologia pela Université Paris VII - Paris Diderot.

Eduardo Pinheiro Urrutia, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil

Doutorando no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sociologia na Universidade Federal de Pelotas. 

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2021-09-08

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DA SILVA RIBEIRO GOMES, S.; PINHEIRO URRUTIA, E. Now jail has become a heavy burden: contributions on COVID-19 movements in the Brazilian prison system. Sociedade e Cultura, Goiânia, v. 24, 2021. DOI: 10.5216/sec.v24.66100. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/fcs/article/view/66100. Acesso em: 16 aug. 2024.

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Vol. 24 (2021)

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Dossiê: Ciências Sociais e Covid-19

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