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Drogadição no cárcere: questões acerca de um projeto de desintoxicação de drogas para pessoas privadas de liberdade

2014; UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DO RIO DE JANEIRO; Volume: 14; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.12957/epp.2014.12558

1808-4281

Helena Salgueiro Lermen, Tamires Dártora, Carine Capra-Ramos,

Homelessness and Social Issues

In this theoretical study the aim was to analyze a specific project of drug detoxification exclusively directed to incarcerated people. This referred project is based on the logic of total abstinence. Although literature emphasizes harm reduction as a privileged strategy to deal with drug use in prisons, what we recognize are actions that emphasize abstinence, both in criminal proceedings and in prison units. One example of this type of action is the project mentioned above, sustained by a model that prohibits drug use and relapse. We understand the complexities involved in carrying out actions of harm reduction in prisons, given the specificities of this place. However, the use of drugs is part of prisons' routines. As such, it needs to be approached as a problem that goes beyond any individual prisoner; it is a part of the social node, both outside and inside prisons.