Prison Education in Brazil: State-of-the-Knowledge

Abstract

This work presents an overview of recent scientific production on prison education in Brazil. Thereunto, a survey was carried out in the CAPES theses and dissertations catalog, achieving 15 works published in 2019 and 2020. Initially, the main elements of each work (justification, methodology, theoretical references, and results) were analyzed, from which was possible identify convergences and divergences, further most recurrent issues in discussions. Thereby, it was possible identify that analyzed research focused on characterization of prison education in Brazil and its conditions, on experience reports and faced challenges, and on pointing paths to overcome these challenges. The study concludes that in general analyzed research point to limitations that pedagogy in prison system imposes, also identified in non-prison contexts, and proposes a reflection on the relation between the teaching organization system and these limitations.