RT Article T1 Coloniality, just war & carceral injustice in Brazil JF Punishment & society VO 23 IS 5 SP 723 OP 740 A1 Darke, Sacha A1 Khan, Omar Phoenix A2 Khan, Omar Phoenix LA English YR 2021 UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1779733429 AB The Portuguese empire brought inescapable violence to the indigenous communities of Brazil and to those it enslaved. Throughout the centuries of colonial subjugation, driven by the Iberian monarchical traditions of hierarchy, militarism and moral crusade, ‘just war’ narratives were employed to legitimate the use of violent legal and extra-legal measures against enslaved peoples and others deemed unruly or rebellious and a threat to colonial order. Two centuries after independence, Brazil remains at war with its ‘internal enemies’. Its justice practices continue to be characterised by colonial rationalisations. This paper illustrates the contemporary coloniality inherent in the carceral system from the moment of detention pre-trial through sentencing and imprisonment. K1 Judicial internment K1 Flagrante delicto K1 Authoritarian oppression K1 Just War K1 Coloniality K1 Brazil DO 10.1177/14624745211041849