Letters from prison

looks at the writing of prisoners and reflections on criminal policy

Abstract

This article has as object of study the letters of prisoners, documents that symbolize one of the means of communication used by the prisoners and also also contains the narrative and memory of life in prison. From this object, the article intends to analyze the emerging needs of the incarcerated and the criminal system, through the relationship between the content of the letters, evaluating the possible contributions to law that may arise from the analytical practice of such missives. The methodology used for the article was empirical research, which started from the analysis of the letters, compared their content qualitatively and, from this exercise, the main correlations with aspects of law were raised, based on on the capacity of the elements brought in these letters to contribute to the construction and promotion of public policies in the prison area, consolidating the effective access to justice based on the right to petition and communication of the imprisoned population.