Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This essay aims to reflect on Prison Education in Brazil in light of the convergence between neoliberalism and neoconservatism, analyzing how these ideologies impact the realization of the rights of incarcerated individuals, exemplifying some of these impacts, and presenting a potential pathway for further exploration in future studies. This is achieved through perspectives offered by Popular Education as an alternative of resistance and transformation against the punitive and exclusionary model predominant in the prison system. Divided into three parts, the study begins with a discussion on the consolidation of neoliberalism and neoconservatism in the Brazilian context and their effects on public policies. Next, it explores the consequences of this convergence for Prison Education, highlighting how discourses of punishment and social control shape exclusionary practices in prisons. Finally, it presents Popular Education as an alternative of resistance, based on social justice and emancipation. The final reflection points to Popular Education as a pathway to develop prison education practices aimed at recognizing and valuing the knowledge and experiences of incarcerated individuals. The proposal is that, by strengthening education for freedom and the development of critical autonomy, Popular Education enables inmates to rebuild their identities and envision a different future, aiming for a more just and inclusive society
DOI: 10.23899/f897j675
Author: Milena Mendonça da Silva
Institution: Universidade Federal da Paraíba
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4411258339