Abstract:
The present paper aims to answer the following question: What benefits the
privatization of the prisons to solve the Brazilian prison system? The article makes a
comparison between the current penitentiary reality and existing privatized
penitentiaries. In addition to the detainees' accommodation, the vast majority of
prisons in the country lack food improvements, job opportunities for detainees,
several factors that, together, make it possible for the prisoner to be re-socialized and
return to social life. In this tunnel, a new mode of shared management emerges, in
which the State joins private initiative so that, together, they can provide a more
dignified and constructive environment for the prison population. The purpose of
punishment is resocialization, and through the privatization of prisons, with structural
and organizational improvements, whether it is the regretted reintegration into society
with new opportunities, reducing crime and social well-being.