Os párias também sofrem: a assistência à saúde mental dos custodiados no sistema penitenciário capixaba

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the state of assistance provided for the fundamental right to mental health of detainees in the prison system of Espírito Santo, based on the examination of certain data, such as a comparative analysis between the number of detainees and the number of mental health professionals available to the prison population, as well as the inherent conditions of incarceration to which they are inevitably subjected—such as various forms of violence (physical, psychological, symbolic). It is important to clarify from the outset that the objective of this research is not to propose alternatives or solutions for the identified assistance deficit. The law already does so. The purpose is solely to analyze statistical data and critically examine it through the Foucauldian concept of biopolitics, in order to ultimately make a possible denunciation of state negligence regarding the promotion of access to mental health for detainees in the prison system of Espírito Santo