Estigma e trabalho: juventude ex-presidiária do Programa Pró-Egresso de Toledo - Paraná

Abstract

The present dissertation investigates the perceptions of young former-prisoners about work, from their speech on structural conditions study that affect them, on aspects and implications of social vulnerability and also the Pro-Egresso Program from Toledo. Its main analysis focuses on the perceptions of work in the tracjetories of life of a young former-prisoners that attended the Pro-Egresso Program of Toledo. Therefore, we carried out an in depth research at the Pro-Egresso Program of Toledo - PR and an analysis of the trajectories of life of young former-prisoners based on their relationship with work. The research methodology included analyzes of the prison system, public politics, stigma, documentary research and interviews conducted at Pro-Egresso of Toledo. The theoretical referencial was build up from theoretical conceptions of recognized academic authors and also from dissertations and theses. In this theoretical framework we highlighted authors such as: ABRAMOVAY, ARANTES, BARATTA, CACCIAMALI, CAPELLER, ESTEVES, FOUCAULT, GOFFMAN, GROPPO, JULIÃO, KERBAUY, WOOD, MARX, POCHMANN, RITTER, SAINTS, SALES, SERON and VIEIRA. Our study has the analysis of aspects and implications of social vulnerability related to young people imprisonment as a starting point, bringing about how social vulnerability can act as a conductor in this process. The Pro-Egresso Program of Toledo was investigated in depth and showed, based on data from Legal Files Catalogues (1984/2009), that young former-prisoners were mainly young people from social vulnerability backgrounds, specially when related to work , professionalization and education. Regarding the impact of social and economic structures on young citizens that were subject to this research, we verified that historically the social set of youth suffers due to legal decisions and contradictory politics that do not meet the real demands of the heterogeneous Brazilian youth. The young former-prisoners, subjects of this research, disclosed through analyzes of their perceptions on work, their earlier participation in the labor market, due to the need of a complementary family income and even emancipation. Marked by limited professional experiences in precarious conditions of work they question the role of professionalization as an access tool to formal work. The scars of imprisonment mark these youths which carries the stigma of being a former-prisoner almost everywhere. In their search, there are other elements that demonstrate that work is a source of mix feelings namely burden and accomplishment. Finally, work as saving hope is not such a redeemer as previously expected.