VULNERABILITY OF SUBJECTS IN A SITUATION OF DOMICILIARY PRISON IN THE FEDERAL DISTRICT, BRAZIL

Authors

  • Omar Alejandro Bravo Universidad Icesi, Cali, Colombia.
  • María del Carmen Castrillón Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia

Keywords:

vulnerabilidad, prisión domiciliaria, Brasil, vulnerability, domiciliary prison

Abstract

Domiciliary prison is an alternative for those inmates that having paid a fraction of their effective time term in prison are considered eligible to finish it off at their own homes. In the Federal District, Brazil, this process of social insertion is hindered by the highly vulnerable conditions –social, spatial, individual and institutional— of this population.

In order to reach a more in-depth knowledge of these questions, we interviewed, through a semi-structured format, 175 former inmates enjoying the aforementioned legal condition.
We established that poor mental health, fueled by the consumption of alcohol and other drugs, aggravates the expected inequality of opportunities in education, health and decent employment suffered by this population, and hinder their social rehabilitation, increasing all along the probability of returning to a life of crime.

Keywords: vulnerability, domiciliary prison, Brasil.

Author Biographies

Omar Alejandro Bravo, Universidad Icesi, Cali, Colombia.

Psicólogo, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina. Mágister y Doctor, Universidad de Brasilia, Brasil.

María del Carmen Castrillón, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia

Socióloga, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia. Mágister en Antropología, Universidad de Brasilia, Brasil, Doctora en Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Brasilia, Brasil.

Published

2010-06-25

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