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Resumo:
O artigo a seguir investiga o Humanismo Peni-
tenciário no nascedouro europeu ocidental, isto
é, tal como era discutido pelos intelectuais do
Velho Mundo a partir de fins do século XVIII.
Para tanto, foram analisadas sob um prisma
discursivo as obras clássicas (Dos delitos e das
penas e The state of the prisons in England and
Wales) de dois grandes nomes daquele univer-
so: Cesare Beccaria (organizou as bases para
pensar novas engrenagens de um sistema pu-
nitivo que fosse marcado pela racionalidade)
e John Howard (pioneiro em pensar a respeito
de condições prisionais humanizadas). Em se-
guida, buscou-se debater como esse ideário foi
interpretado e rearticulado pelos juristas brasi-
leiros, bem como os meios mediante os quais
esses últimos converteram a temática descrita
em reflexões visando possíveis alterações junto
à realidade prisional do país.
Palavras-chave: Primeira República; Prisões;
Humanização.
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Abstract:
The following article is part of the doctoral thesis
defended by the author at the Postgraduate
History Program at UFMG. Before discussing
the topic, it was necessary to investigate
how intellectuals in the European old world
understood and discussed prison humanism at
the end of the 18th century. For this purpose,
we analyzed the classical works of two authors
who are references in the area, namely Cesare
Beccaria and John Howard. The former laid
in his book Crime and Punishment the basis
for a new penal system that was marked by
rationality; and the latter was a pioneer in
advocating for humane prison conditions in his
book The State of the Prisons in England and
Wales. We then discuss how their ideas were
interpreted and discussed by Brazilian lawyers
as well as the thoughts and reflections they had
aiming at eventual changes in the country’s
prison reality.
Keywords: First Republic; Prisons; Humanization.
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