State and PCC during the pandemic: convergences and divergences in the proposal of measures for health and public security in prisons

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https://doi.org/10.5216/sec.v24.66198

Abstract

The article analyzes clashes and approaches between different actors - Human Rights bodies and the National Council of Justice (CNJ), Federal Government and Courts of Justice, and the First Command of the Capital (PCC) - regarding the emergence of Covid-19 and its spread in prisons. From the analysis of journalistic articles, norms, and official statistical data, it is argued that the speeches of the PCC and the international and national guidelines converge with respect to a central agenda: the reduction of prison overcrowding. On the other hand, government and justice agents are opposed to the release of custodians, claiming that it could endanger the population. Consequently, the already bad prison conditions become even more precarious and the lives of people deprived of their liberty even more fragile. The effect of this scenario is that the PCC assumes the role of defender of the rights of prisoners, in
a potential intensification of their legitimacy in the jails and peripheries.

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Thais Lemos Duarte, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil

Pesquisadora de pós-doutorado no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sociologia da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais e do Centro de Estudos da Criminalidade e Segurança Pública. Doutora em Ciências Sociais pela Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro.

Natalia Cristina Costa Martino, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil

Doutoranda em Ciência Política pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais e pesquisadora do Centro de Estudos de Criminalidade e Segurança Pública.

Ana Beraldo, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil

Pós-doutoranda na Escuela Interdisciplinaria de Altos Estudios Sociales na Universidad Nacional de San Martín (Argentina) e pesquisadora do Centro de Estudos de Criminalidade e Segurança Pública da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Doutora em Sociologia pela Universidade Federal de São Carlos.

Capa v. 24 2021

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2021-09-08

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LEMOS DUARTE, T.; COSTA MARTINO, N. C.; BERALDO, A. State and PCC during the pandemic: convergences and divergences in the proposal of measures for health and public security in prisons. Sociedade e Cultura, Goiânia, v. 24, 2021. DOI: 10.5216/sec.v24.66198. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/fcs/article/view/66198. Acesso em: 21 dec. 2024.

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Vol. 24 (2021)

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Dossiê: Ciências Sociais e Covid-19

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