A educação de jovens e adultos em privação de liberdade: reflexões a partir da perspectiva do gestor de um presídio na Bahia

Abstract

This study aimed to reflect the education of young people and adults deprived of liberty, reflecting the role of education in the process of social reintegration in the regional prison of Paulo Afonso, Bahia, from the perspective of the manager. The research aims to understand how education works in this prison, to analyze the role of education in the process of social reintegration and to understand what are the challenges and possibilities of EJA teaching activities in the prison system. The methodology used to carry out the work was theoretical research, reflecting the relationship between education and the prison system, such as Leme (2007), Onofre (2007); Silva (2011), among others, and through a case study involving a virtual interview conducted with the presidio manager, allowing an analysis of the complex and pragmatic prison system. We problematize, so in fact, whether reintegration is possible and what is the role of education in this process. The issues addressed in the research will allow the academic community to have knowledge about the particularities of education in the prison system, to promote other studies on this theme. In this sense, school education stands out among the grades as an alternative for social reintegration, considering that it has limits not solving all problems, but it can be a path for this transformation. However, in an environment with prison it can be considered that the school can fulfill its function since education expands the possibilities of social insertion outside the bars. Being able to contribute so that the detainee having freedom obtains better posts in society and is not a criminal repeat offender.