{"id":14807,"date":"2018-10-23T09:00:23","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T09:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conectas.org\/?post_type=noticia&p=14807"},"modified":"2021-04-06T12:57:33","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T12:57:33","slug":"conectas-and-usp-hold-seminar-on-stfs-noncompliance-with-decision-on-prisons","status":"publish","type":"noticia","link":"https:\/\/conectas.org\/en\/noticias\/conectas-and-usp-hold-seminar-on-stfs-noncompliance-with-decision-on-prisons\/","title":"Conectas and USP hold seminar on STF\u2019s noncompliance with decision on prisons","content":"

S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Three years ago, the STF (Supreme Federal Court) acknowledged that the chaotic situation in Brazilian prisons was an affront to the Constitution. By a majority vote, the Brazilian Supreme Court ruled in favour of action (ADPF 347<\/a><\/u>) that pinpoints grave issues in the national penitentiary system, such as physical and psychological violence directed at prisoners, overcrowding and non-existent custody hearings, at that time.<\/p>\n

In an interim measure, ministers demanded, among others, a guarantee of the physical and moral integrity of detainees, the correct use of the National Penitentiary Fund and stated that the national penitentiary system was in \u201can unconstitutional state of affairs\u201d, based on an innovative concept employed by the Colombian Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

On 5 November, Conectas and the USP Law Faculty (University of Sao Paulo) will bring together a number of members of the judiciary, academia and civil society to discuss why the Court\u2019s decision has not yet had the expected impact on conditions in the Brazilian prison system. The seminar \u201cUnconstitutionality in Brazilian Prisons: what is at stake with the ADPF347\u201d will be start at 9am, in the Faculty\u2019s Rui Barbosa Auditorium (Largo S\u00e3o Francisco, 95), in S\u00e3o Paulo (SP). Entrance is free, but seats are limited.<\/p>\n