Sistema socioeducativo em Alagoas: possibilidades e desafios

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the Socio-Educational System in the State of Alagoas, with special attention to its structures, advances and contemporary obstacles. The general objective was to analyze the possibilities and challenges in the aforementioned system, from a criticalreflective perspective on its structural dynamics, as well as the development of its activities. From the methodological perspective, qualitative research was used, with strong support from a literature review and documentary analysis. The study started from the observation that, although the Socio-Educational System of Alagoas has experienced effective improvements in the treatment of adolescents in conflict with the law, structural, social and institutional gaps still persist that compromise the full effectiveness of socio-educational measures. The investigation was developed through three central axes: the history, the emergence, as well as the normative evolution of the System in Brazil and in Alagoas; the concrete possibilities of strengthening Socio-Education, with a focus on the promotion of citizenship and intersectoral articulation; and the challenges that are imposed on the consolidation of an effective, humane and emancipatory public policy. In its conclusion, the work highlighted the importance of updating the Ten-Year State Plan for Socio-Educational Assistance, of the continued training of the professionals involved and of the deconstruction of punitive practices, reaffirming that the social reintegration of adolescents cannot be reduced to compliance with measures, and must therefore be understood as a complex process of inclusion, recognition and justice. Thus, the need for a continuous political and institutional commitment to the constitutional foundations from the perspective of the full protection and dignity of the human person was reinforced.