This volume contains a study by Heleno Fragoso regarding the legal and criminological perspectives of the subject, as well as a research report by Yolanda Catão and Elizabeth Sussekind on the situation of inmates, based on fieldwork in male penitentiaries in Rio de Janeiro. Published at a time when the country did not even have a law governing the execution of criminal sentences, the work lays bare the reality of the prison system, exposes the slow evolution of the process of recognizing the rights of incarcerated citizens, and highlights the aporias, idiosyncrasies, and hidden purposes of criminal sentence execution.
- Publisher: Editora Forense, Rio de Janeiro, RJ
- Edition: 1ª
- Year of publication: Published in 1980
- Number of pages: 134
