This reflective account describes a theater teaching practicum carried out in the Performing Arts undergraduate course in the Arts Department of the Institute of Philosophy, Arts and Culture of the Federal University of ...

Throughout the last three decades, almost all Latin American countries witnessed a dramatic growth of their inmate population that is indicative of the rebirth of the prison in the region. This article contextualizes the ...

The aim of the present work is to understand the transformations in São Paulo State prisons policies in the last three decades, from a case study on the city of Itirapina, located in the central region of the state. There ...

Education is one way of providing social integration and knowledge, and this integration within the prison system is one of the best ways to ensure a decent future for prisoners when they acquire freedom. The objective of ...

Received theories suggest a possible cost-quality tradeoff when private outsourcing arrangements are used in public services. Using data from Brazilian prisons, our study provides evidence that contradicts this prediction: ...

In this article, using a quantitative approach, we analyze interpersonal, inmate-on-inmate physical violence in Chilean prisons, using administrative records on collective violence, provided by the Prison Service for the ...

In 1984, by the promulgation of the Criminal Enforcement Law, psychologists were given the task of evaluative practices so that they could base legal decisions. After several discussions on the effective role of Psychology ...