Changes in Prison Administration: Prison Officers and the Construction of Order in Prisons of Minas Gerais

Authors

  • Victor Neiva e Oliveira Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)

Keywords:

prison officer, prison, work, professionalization, order

Abstract

The article analyses the routine practices and the way prison officers have worked to maintain discipline, security and order in prisons of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The penitentiary system has undergone drastic changes in the last years and has demanded a specific profile of individuals to compose its staff. The analysis was based on direct observations performed in eight prisons and interviews with the prison officers who work in them. The results reveal an increasingly bureaucratic prison environment and the professionalization of prison officers occurring through a military style of action.

Author Biography

Victor Neiva e Oliveira, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)

É pesquisador do Centro de Estudos de Criminalidade e Segurança Pública (Crisp) da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brasil). Possui doutorado e mestrado pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sociologia (PPGS) da UFMG e graduação em ciências sociais pela Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros (Unimontes, Brasil).

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Published

2018-12-11

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 3 (2018): SET/OUT/NOV/DEZ

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