O impacto da Lei Antidrogas no encarceramento em massa da população negra alagoana

Abstract

The present work aims to evaluate the growth of the prison population as a result of the crimes typified by the anti-drug law in the penitentiaries of the state of Alagoas. Observing the racial profiles of prisoners and the population most affected and victimized by the declared “War on Drugs”, understanding the history of repression against the black and impoverished population in Brazil and in the state. As well as addressing the growing female population in prisons as a result of the aforementioned law. Bibliographical research was carried out to encourage theoretical and documentary discussions, through quantitative database files with information from state prisons, using data from DEPEN (National Penitentiary Department), IPEA (Institute of Applied Economic Research) and SERIS (State Secretariat for Resocialization and Social Inclusion), to assess the growth in the number of inmates in prison units, homicide rates and overcrowding in prisons. Concluding that mass incarceration is a control system that aims at social and racial hygiene and Alagoas is in line with the national scenario in the high rates of incarcerated by the anti-drug law.