Do direito à informação e transparência nos relatórios das unidades prisionais no Brasil

Abstract

The objective of this study is to analyze the importance of the right to information and transparency in the reports published about the Brazilian prison units for an evaluation of the effectiveness of the principles of publicity and social control in the prison policy in Brazil. From a brief review on the concepts of criminal policies and the right to information and transparency, in addition to the analysis of reports published by the Departamento Penitenciário Nacional (DEPEN) in 2017 (with updated data until June 2016) to link factors that align transparency in the dissemination of the reports disclosed to the effective evolution of criminal policies, especially with regard to the prison population. The study is based on the method of deductive approach, procedure method of case study and uses as research techniques, applied research, qualitative research, descriptive research and bibliographic research. As a result of the research, it was observed that the reports divulged by INFOPEN promote the fundamental right to the information concerning the field that acts, besides generating, as a consequence, another fundamental right, which is the access to justice, however, there is no time standard and it's not every state that keeps your data up to date. Fundamental principles and guarantees must be respected and fully implemented so that respect for and promotion of fundamental rights in the field of state criminal and punitive policy are effectively implemented, thereby reducing inequalities within society, as well as promoting conditions of dignified life for all.