Parliamentary Inquiry Commission of the Penitentiary System
Parliamentary Inquiry Commission of the Penitentiary System Stanley Martins Frasão Recently I have had the opportunity to watch the video presented by the bachelor in Law, Vivian Azevedo Rodrigues, presented on the Parliamentary Inquiry Commission (CPI) of the Brazilian Penitentiary System, depicting its negative situation and criticizing it. The CPI was created with the goal of investigating the reality of the penitentiary system, focusing on the overpopulation of the detention centers, the economic and social costs established, the permanence of the prisoners who have already finished their term, the violence inside the institutions of the prison system, the corruption, organized crime and its ramifications in the prison facilities, and to seek solutions for the effective implementation of the Penal Law. The aforementioned CPI, after ample studies and analyses of 56 prison establishments in 18 States, presented the Bill 4202/2008 which: (i) alters the procedures for material assistan...