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On Tuesday 14 May, the Senate Human Rights Commission approved a bill (PLS 580\/15) that would force prisoners to pay back the state for expenses incurred \u201cin maintaining detention centres.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The proposal, the author of which is former senator Waldemir Moka (MDB-MS), has been seen by the House Commission for the Constitution of Justice and will now be put before the plenary. If approved it will be sent to the Chamber.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe bill would mean detainees accumulate a debt that most would be unable to pay. This would lead to a number of obstacles in applying for official documents and would make social rehabilitation even more difficult.\u201d Carolina Diniz, Lawyer on the Conectas Institutional Violence programme, explained.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe proposal would also directly affect the families of prisoners who would find themselves in the position of helping their relatives to pay the debt off.\u201d She said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Prisoners\u2019 families are currently already obliged to pay for food, clothes, medication and other expenses on a weekly basis. By law these should be provided by prisons.<\/span><\/p>\n

The bill also says that should a person not have the money to pay, they will have to work off the debt. The proposal overturns the fundamentals of Criminal Law (LEP) in which a prisoner\u2019s work is seen to be a right. Criminal Law states that work should be remunerated and should help the detainee gain professional experience. The norm also sees work as a tool for rehabilitation into society and encourages a reduction in sentencing of one day for every three days of work.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, the state has been failing to guarantee the right to work for people deprived of freedom. According to recent data from the NEV-USP (Centre for Studies on Violence) and the Brazilian Forum for Public Security, less than one in every five prisoners (18,9%) are working. While, Infopen, indicates that 3 out of 4 detainees who are working are paid less than the minimum salary.<\/span><\/p>\n

Subject to a fine<\/b><\/p>\n

The Brazilian Penal Code has provisions for a fine in article 32. This is issued to the vast majority of detainees once they have fulfilled their prison sentences. Non-payment within 90 days leads to suspension of their voting and political rights.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

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The project has been passed to a plenary in the Senate and if approved will be sent to the Chamber<\/p>\n","author":2,"featured_media":27061,"parent":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[7],"tags":[5317,12734,5318,14,848,531,5319],"tema":[12270],"class_list":["post-16960","noticia","type-noticia","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-criminal-law","tag-lep-en","tag-prison","tag-tag-3-en","tag-prisoners","tag-senate","tag-working-prisoners","tema-confronting-institutional-violence"],"acf":{"author":false,"subtitle-pt":"The project has been passed to a plenary in the Senate and if approved will be sent to the 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