PROCESSOS DE SUBJETIVAÇÃO DA VIDA EM PRISÃO NAS CARTAS DOS RECUPERANDOS DA APAC

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https://doi.org/10.5212/Rev.Conexao.v.21.25070.044

Abstract

This article presents the results of a study on the processes of subjectivation of people incarcerated at the Associação de Proteção e Assistência aos Condenados (Apac), an institution that is part of the alternative system for serving prison sentences. The analysis material used was letters and notes sent by inmates in one of the units of that institution to the psychology team of the extension program “(A)penas Humanos” at PUC Minas. The content analysis proposed by Laurence Bardin was applied to the material. It was found that three themes form discursive cores in the letters of the inmates: the losses experienced; helplessness/impotence; and uncertainty about the future. Psychoanalytic theory was also used to understand these themes. These results demonstrate that, despite the differences between Apac and the common penal system, there is still much to be done to enable incarcerated individuals to serve their sentences with dignity and the expectation of social reintegration.

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Helio Cardoso de Miranda Junior, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (PUC Minas)

Professor of the Postgraduate Program in Psychology at the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais. PhD in Clinical Psychology (USP). Post-doctorate in Psychology (UFMG).

Clara Helena Lage Campos de Araújo, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (PUC Minas)

Graduated in Psychology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais. Scientific initiation scholarship holder (2024)

Maria Quintella Siqueira, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (PUC Minas)

Graduated in Psychology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais (2024). She is currently a hospital psychologist at the Mário Penna Institute. She has experience in the area of ​​Psychology, with an emphasis on Clinical Psychology. Specialist in Psychoanalytic Clinic with children and adolescents from the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais (2025).

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Published

2025-11-05

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Vol. 21 No. 1 (2025): Publicação Continua

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ARTIGOS

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