The remission of the penalty through work and/or study as an instrument for the resocialization of

The remission of the penalty through work and/or study as an instrument for the resocialization of prisoners

ABSTRACT

This article deals with the subject of remission of the penalty through work and/or study as an instrument for the resocialization of prisoners, delimiting itself to the legal provision of this possibility in Brazilian legislation. The study has as its guiding question: what is the legal provision for penal remission in Brazil? The relevance of the study lies in the question that the penalty has, among its purposes, the ideal of re-socializing the prisoner, enabling his reintroduction into society as an individual aware of his rights and duties. One of the elements used to carry out this penal function is redemption through work and/or study, so that society in general is interested in better understanding this institute and its forms of application, since it represents a means of reinserting the detainee within a period shorter than the stipulated sentence to be served. The general objective of this study is to research in the Brazilian legislation, the aspects that permeate and defi ne the remission of the sentence. For that, a research of bibliographic methodology was developed, based on the legislation of the country, and doctrinaires who discuss the subject. The research revealed that the remission of the sentence, in Brazil, can be through work, study and reading, in addition, there is the understanding that other artistic and cultural activities can also be recognized as means of remitting the sentence.

KEYWORDS: Study. Pity. Remission. Work.