EDUCATION AS A SOCIAL RIGHT AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH REHABILITATION: ANALYSIS OF THE MATERIALIZATION OF THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION IN THE MONTES CLAROS II PRISON

Abstract

This essay aims to analyze the access to the right to education in the Montes Claros II Prison, as a means of ensuring rehabilitation and combating recidivism. In this way, the objective is to analyze whether education, factually, influences the remission, resocialization and reduction of recidivism of the convict within the scope of the Montes Claros II Prison. In this way, a quanti-qualitative approach is adopted, as it seeks, through the analysis of statistics and data from the perspective of bibliographic research, the understanding of the exposed theme, taking as a ballast the Criminal Information Report – 15th Cycle SISDEPEN – 2nd semester of 2023 – RELIPEN. Since prison, whatever its characteristic, does not take away the subject's right to education, therefore, the State takes upon itself the obligation to guarantee the enjoyment of this prerogative. In this line, it is perceived that the education of the inmate in the Montes Claros II Prison is guaranteed through a partnership signed between the State Department of Education of Minas Gerais (SEE/MG) and the State Secretariat of Justice and Public Security (SEJUSP) through a Technical Cooperation Agreement, thus, it is offered from elementary school I to the 1st year of high school,  with a project to open classes every semester until completing the high school cycle, library, reading project in partnership with the State University of Montes Claros (Unimontes), National Exam for the Certification of Youth and Adult Skills (ENCCEJA), National High School Exam (ENEM) and Distance Education (EAD) for higher education inside the Prison. Likewise, access to higher education in person in educational establishments in the city of Montes Claros (MG) is guaranteed. However, the presence of schools and libraries in the prison environment addressed, by itself, does not guarantee the effectiveness of public policies, a factor that justifies the need for theoretical studies on the subject under analysis.