Educação profissionalizante de presos e o enfrentamento de vulnerabilidades: armadilhas, desafios e esperanças numa experiência Prisão e Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Sul-rio-grandense

Abstract

The purpose of this Thesis was to contribute to a better understanding about the initiatives of professional formation within prisons. Analyzing the development of professional education carried out by the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology Sul-rio-grandense (Ifsul), Charqueadas campus, through the National Program of Access to Technical Education and Employment (Pronatec), in two prisons of the 9th Penitentiary Region in the state of Rio Grande do Sul (headquarter in Charqueadas), with its nuances, dynamics, strategies, perspectives, traps and hopes. Field research was carried out in the following penal establishments: State Penitentiary of Arroio dos Ratos (PEAR) and General Daltro Filho Agricultural Penal Colony (CPA). The first prison of closed penal regime and the second of semi-open regime. The obtained results show that there are considerable differences in the mentioned penal establishments, mainly regarding the structure and dynamics. Nevertheless, in both, the objective of forming students was successful. PronatecIfsul enables integration into the world of work, and contributes to the emancipation of the subject, still, in a subtle way, in the sense that it is brought to light by the prisionalizing and stigmatizing effects of this type of institution. But it has its potential restricted by not being seen as a criminal treatment by criminal enforcement policy and by educational policy. Thus, with the results of the research, it is possible to contribute with a better understanding of this relationship in focus, in order to enable the initiation of policies that, in a scientific and enlightened manner, can intervene in the current and future conjunctures and structures of the penal system and education, looking for a better relationship between them. Key words: Penitentiary Question; Penitentiary System; Prison Education; Professional Education; Federal Institutes of Education, Science and Technology; Pronatec.