There is no political mobilization or social agitation on the dosimetry of sentences or on the conditions of incarceration of the approximately 950,000 Brazilians who are in the country’s prison system (National Secretariat of Penal Policies).
Of this pile of people, around 40% have not even been tried yet, but are already deprived of their liberty. Theft and trafficking in small quantities of drugs are the crimes which most lead to provisional arrest, that is to say crimes which could be the subject of alternative measures. But that’s not the case.
Nearly a million people are treated worse than animals because they are subjected to conditions that undermine their dignity and prevent (or hinder) their rehabilitation and future reintegration into society.
Why is there no “refreshment” for these people?
Everything suggests that this is because the majority of the incarcerated population in Brazil is made up of black people (70% are black and mixed race according to data from the National Criminal Information System), poor, without important relatives or influential contacts in the political world.
And the proposal and approval by the National Congress of Dosimetry, tailor-made to reduce the sanctions applied to a specific group of “good citizens” (including a former President of the Republic and high-ranking military personnel) convicted of attempted coup d’état and threat to the democratic rule of law, only corroborates this impression by going against the grain of history.
After all, our Parliament always aims to strengthen criminal legislation. No one skimps on black and poor criminals without political and economic influence. The anti-crime package (Law 13,964/2019) is a good example. The law (15.181/2025) which aggravates the crime of theft, theft and receipt of energy, telephone, data transfer and transport equipment, is another.
Relieving those who planned a coup, invaded and vandalized the Palácio do Planalto, the STF and the Congress itself, violating the democratic order and institutional normality, is a scandal.
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