They’re talking about penal abolition: The urgency of re-imagining different paths as alternatives to the criminal justice system

Eles estão falando sobre abolicionismo penal: a urgência de re-imaginar caminhos alternativos ao sistema de justiça criminal

Abstract

This article affirms the centrality of the themes of public security and penal populism for the understanding of the current political situation. From this premise, we will demonstrate how these themes dealt with by antagonistic sectors of society. Then, based on the criticism of the prison and control, it will be possible to offer keys for understanding the moment in which we live and responses that oppose punitivism.

Keywords:
Penal abolitionism; penal populism; public security