{"id":4737,"date":"2015-04-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.conectas.org.inf.br\/wp\/noticias\/ending-the-oppressive-search-a-year-of-mobilization\/"},"modified":"2018-01-24T23:14:10","modified_gmt":"2018-01-24T23:14:10","slug":"ending-the-oppressive-search-a-year-of-mobilization","status":"publish","type":"noticia","link":"https:\/\/conectas.org\/en\/noticias\/ending-the-oppressive-search-a-year-of-mobilization\/","title":"Ending the Oppressive Search :: A year of mobilization","content":"

Under the justification of preventing the entry of drugs, weapons and mobile phones into prisons, political authorities have perpetuated a practice as violent as it is inefficient and perverse: the abusive search<\/u><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Over the course of the past year, this illegal practice has become known to the Brazilian public and discussed by authorities from the three branches of government. The good news: the country has been making progress towards banning it.<\/p>\n

This type of search, which requires people who visit their imprisoned relatives in Brazil to undress, squat over a mirror and even have agents of the State touch their genitals, acquired international notoriety following the campaign \u201cFor an end to the Oppressive Search<\/u><\/a>\u201d, launched on April 23, 2014 by the Criminal Justice Network and Pastoral Carcer\u00e1ria<\/em>, the Catholic Church\u2019s prisoner outreach service.<\/p>\n

Since then, the campaign\u2019s website (pelofimdarevistavexatoria.org<\/u><\/a>) has been accessed more than 6,000 times and 3,500 people have signed a petition calling for the approval of a federal law to put a stop to the practice. The exposure of the topic in the media was followed by public debates and events<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Map of the abusive search, released today<\/strong>, records important breakthroughs in Brazil since the start of the campaign.<\/p>\n