Meio ambiente prisional e a sadia qualidade de vida das pessoas privadas de liberdade: um estudo de caso do Complexo Penitenciário Anísio Jobim e Instituto Penal Antônio Andrade.

Abstract

This research addresses the importance of a healthy environment in guaranteeing quality of life and human dignity, as established in article 225 of the Brazilian Federal Constitution. It highlights the need for awareness and adoption of measures to ensure a healthy life for all, including people deprived of liberty. In the Brazilian context, serving a sentence aims to reintegrate the individual into society. However, the problems faced by the prison system, such as rebellions, overcrowding and criminal recidivism, show that many detainees leave prison with the same deficiencies that led them to crime, perpetuating a cycle of entry and exit from prison institutions. In Brazil, there are different types of penal establishments. It should be noted that Penitentiaries are establishments intended for the fulfillment of custodial sentences in a closed regime. It should be noted that in Manaus there are only 2 (two) establishments that house prisoners in a closed regime, namely: AnísioJobim Penitentiary Complex (COMPAJ) and Antônio Trindade Penal Institute (IPAT), which will be the object of study. Both face significant challenges, such as overcrowding, and were the scene of major massacres in 2017 and 2019. In view of the deficiencies in the prison system, it is questioned whether the balanced environment and the quality of life of people deprived of liberty are effectively guaranteed in COMPAJ and on IPAT. To answer this question, a study will be carried out that includes a bibliographic review, document analysis, reports of professional experience and a case study. The research seeks to analyze whether the State offers mechanisms to guarantee a healthy life for people deprived of liberty in the aforementioned Manaus penitentiaries. Using a qualitative approach and adopting the hypothetical-deductive method, the study will build hypotheses and seek answers to the investigated problem. In addition, theoretical foundations on human rights, the environment, the prison system and serving sentences will be presented. The objective of this study is to propose improvements and contribute to reflection on the subject, both in the legal field and in society in general.