Massacres and profits
privatization logic, judicial irresponsibility, and the banality of extermination in prisons
Abstract
This editorial analyzes two massacres that occurred in the Brazilian prison system in January 2017 and May 2019 at the Anísio Jobim Penitentiary Complex (Compaj) in Manaus, and identifies privatization, judicial irresponsibility, and the trivialization of the extermination of incarcerated people as structural factors. It argues that the private management of prison units intensifies the vulnerability of prisoners by operating under a profit-driven logic, while the judiciary avoids assuming its responsibilities under criminal enforcement legislation, contributing to the repetition of tragedy. Furthermore, the text places these events in the context of mass incarceration of poor and black youth, overcrowding, abusive preventive detention, and violations of basic human rights. It concludes that without effective change in criminal policies and judicial culture, barbarism will continue to reproduce itself.
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