Alternativas Penais como prática de prevenção da violência: Estudo de caso sobre sua aplicação em pessoas condenadas por tráfico de drogas em Belo Horizonte

Abstract

Considering the serious problems caused by the intensified mass incarceration phenomenon since late 1980s, should become increasingly important to study practices of reduce overcrowding prison in order to qualify the implementation of policies that consider the determinants of health in the field of security public. This research aimed to study the application of alternatives to prison direct to people judged for drug trafficking crimes in the city of Belo Horizonte. For this purpose, a survey was made on the flow of application of alternatives to prison in this city. Quantitative studies were also carried out to survey the socioeconomic variables of people convicted of drug trafficking offenses, who enrolled in CEAPA - Center for Monitoring Alternatives to Prison, correlating this event with whether or not comply with community services sentence of the alternative to prison, as well as the prison recidivism. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with key informants to raise the perceptions of professionals about the fulfillment of alternatives to prison for this public. The results showed that the cases are predominantly men, young, black, single, low education, low income workers. Regarding adherence to compliance, only 24.12% disregard the penal alternative. In addition, 72.78% of the people did not have any type of prison recurrence after signing up to begin compliance with the alternatives to prison. Variables such as sex, schooling, income and type of occupational occupation were factors that seem to influence new prison recurrences. The professionals evaluated as feasible and recommendable the application of alternatives to prison for cases of trafficking, including a health promotion practice. However, they point to factors that may hamper adequate compliance with alternatives to prison, such as difficulty in traveling due to financial problems, the existence of feuds, threats and circulation problems in the community. It is recommended that in the implementation of the alternatives to prison consider the need to expand the channels of communication between the entities and professionals involved, as well as suggesting the expansion of intervention through alternatives to prison that favor schooling, professionalization, treatment and other types of social and community inclusion.