Experiences with Injustice and Detention
📌 One individual recounted being unjustly detained after being falsely accused, experiencing the trauma of the justice system, including being threatened and pressured into confessing.
👮 The speaker noted that police procedures seemed driven by quotas (e.g., needing to meet drug seizure statistics) rather than true investigation, leading to the arrest of low-level offenders instead of major traffickers.
⚖️ A key issue discussed is the legal process taking years (over 5 years in one case), prolonging the suffering of the accused even if they are eventually cleared.

Critique of the Prison System and Public Safety
🚨 Brazil holds the third-largest prison population globally, rapidly increasing, with incarceration often professionalizing inmates rather than rehabilitating them (it functions as a "school for crime").
🗣️ A core argument is that public opinion should be the sole metric for measuring a good police force, not arrest numbers or seizures of weapons/drugs.
💔 The current repressive approach distances the police from society, turning them into political tools and failing to address the deep social conflicts that drive crime.

Socioeconomic Roots of Crime and Incarceration
🏘️ Many crimes stem from a litigation between "having" and "not having" (the gap between the included and excluded), suggesting that socioeconomic inequality, not just individual moral failings, fuels criminal activity.
💸 Inmates noted that the high cost of incarceration (sometimes more than a university education) does not lead to rehabilitation, resulting in a recidivism rate around 75%.
🔍 There is significant judicial bias, with judges often applying harsher penalties or denying basic rights (like bail or progression) based on poverty indicators (no formal job, no fixed address) rather than just the facts of the case.

Procedural Failures and Lack of Due Process
🚫 The system often relies on common sense or stereotypes ("presumption of guilt for the poor/Black"), leading judges to deny basic legal rights, such as not granting release even when explicit legal provisions (like those for simple theft) would allow it.
👨‍⚖️ In instances of false accusation, the system is flawed: one speaker noted that being legally absolved does not automatically grant compensation from the state, as the initial arrest was deemed "legal" based on the evidence *at that moment*.
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family members face psychological torture through overly bureaucratic, humiliating, and constantly changing search and visitation procedures, essentially punishing the family as well.

Key Points & Insights
➡️ Challenge the narrative of impunity: The claim of widespread impunity is false; instead, there is selective justice where the poor are strictly penalized while the wealthy often escape consequences or receive lighter sentences.
➡️ Focus on restorative justice: The system must move away from a purely punitive, vengeance-based model (which is often tied to capitalist function) towards restoring broken relationships within the community context.
➡️ Question judicial standards: Legal education (like in major universities) prioritizes commercial law over Human Rights or Constitutional Law, creating professionals ideologically aligned with market exclusion rather than true justice.
➡️ Demand accountability for false arrests: Legal professionals (like public defenders) should demand state compensation when an accused individual is ultimately acquitted, establishing that the state made an error.

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