ENTRE GRADES E SABERES: A EDUCAÇÃO COMO DISPOSITIVO DE RESSOCIALIZAÇÃO E SEUS PARADOXOS NO SISTEMA PRISIONAL

This article provides a critical analysis of the role of formal education as a resocialization device within the Brazilian prison system, contrasting its theoretical potential with the challenges of carceral reality. The research, of a bibliographic nature, starts from the assumption that education is a fundamental human right, guaranteed by national and international legislation, but that its implementation in prisons is marked by paradoxes and structural limitations. The study investigates two main axes: the gap between the legal framework and pedagogical practice in prison units, and the subjective and social impacts of education on the lives of inmates. It concludes that, although education can represent an instrument for individual transformation and for mitigating the dehumanizing effects of incarceration, its effectiveness is constantly undermined by the punitive logic, overcrowding, and scarcity of resources. Education in prison thus oscillates between the promise of emancipation and the function of mere management of the prison population.