A fresh perspective on incarceration:

GDUCC, New Route and convict criminology

Abstract

This article aims to present the reader with three projects focused on the theme of prison and its effects: “University Prison Community Dialogue Group” (GDUCC), “New Route” and “Convict Criminology”, the first two related to the Department of Criminal Law, Criminology and Forensic Medicine at the Faculty of Law of the University of São Paulo (USP) and the last one originated of the University of Westminster, located in London, but disseminated in Brazil by the works of the english Professors Sacha Darke and Andreas Aresti. Through the description of the structure and dynamics of the projects – from the moment of its creation to the present time – it will be possible to draw points of proximity between them, in order to demonstrate that, despite the different countries, the problems related to imprisonment, their reflexes and the search for solutions may be similar. Finally, by characterizing the objectives and strategies of the groups, the article intend to demonstrate the importance of international contacts and exchanges between projects, considering that their founders and members are social actors who, through the practice of dialogue and appreciation of education, go against the violation of the rights of the convicteds, as well seek to rescue their humanities.