A engenharia e arquitetura prisional na execução penal e a ambiguidade da estrutura disciplinar – entre alcançar e depredar os direitos humanos fundamentais

Abstract

The Public Jail of Barra do Garças exemplifies how prison architecture and engineering relate to the exercise of disciplinary control and the enforcement of fundamental human rights. Through a historical and structural analysis, this study examines the interplay between prison space and the discipline imposed on inmates, contextualizing the facility’s establishment within the urban development of Barra do Garças and the Brazilian prison system. Highlighting authors such as Foucault, Melossi and Pavarini, as well as Rusche and Kirchheimer, it provides a theoretical foundation for understanding the disciplinary function of detention spaces, while the role of the Public Defender's Office illustrates the challenges of defending fundamental rights within the carceral context. The physical structure of the prison reflects and reinforces punitive practices that, although based on the supposed narrative of resocialization, often prove to be ineffective in ensuring the dignity and reintegration of inmates, highlighting the contradictions between theory and practice in criminal execution.