O Projeto Remição pela Leitura no Sistema Penitenciário Federal – o caso da Penitenciária Federal de Porto Velho (RO)

Abstract

The Regulation of the Federal Prison System, approved by Decree nº 6049 of February 27, 2007, provides in its structure, an Division of Rehabilitation responsible for several assists designed to meet a standard of treatment Penitentiary. Among them, the Educational Assistance has as provide attribution, middle, and high school vocational also develop several Federal programs that provide for the rehabilitation of the inmate and the redemption of his pen. With regard to this latter, the Redemption by Reading Project, established by Joint Ordinance N°. 276 of 20 June 2012, intends, addition to encouraging the reading of literary works and the elaboration of reviews, make redemption from the penalty of possible kept in a closed regime (Article 2° of the Joint Ordinance). In order to e'valuate the referred project, we conducted this study in the Federal Penitentiary in Porto Velho - RO, maximum security prison institution, with about 120 inmates, mostly do not possess the basic or secondary education. This penal institution pedagogical staff prepared under the project, a "Guide for Preparation of Reviews" to guide inmates. As theoretical reference the Theory of Transactional Distance Michael Moore, we analyzed the responses to a questionnaire assessing the project of a small sample of inmates. Its objective was to contribute to the improvement of project in the Federal Penitentiary in Porto Velho (RO).