From Senzalas to dungeons: the constitution of the penitentiary system in Brazil

The central hypothesis of the chapter is that Brazilian colonialism and slavery produced different material conditions or different governmentalities, from those at the base of the disciplinary project of the Global North, conditions that re-signified the penitentiary reform proposal. This chapter i...

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Main Author: Giamberardino, André Ribeiro (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
Published: 2025
In: Punishment in Latin America
Year: 2025, Pages: 19-37
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Keywords:
Prison history
Brazil
Punishment
Global South
Slavery
Colonialism