Idosos no sistema penitenciário: desafios e perspectivas para a implementação dos direitos humanos no sistema prisional brasileiro

Abstract

The article addresses the theme of the elderly deprived of liberty and highlights the need to implement public policies for them, when they are collected in the Brazilian prison system. In this sense, the present research intends to identify the reality of the elderly in the penitentiary system, in view of the constant violations of Human Rights that affect older people who are deprived of their liberty. To this end, a brief overview of the current legislation is carried out, in order to identify public policies that enable the realization of the human rights of the elderly prisoner. This is a qualitative bibliographic study, which aims to contribute to the identification of needs inherent to old age, especially when potentiated in prison considering the precarious reality of Brazilian prisons.