O exercício profissional do serviço social no sistema penitenciário: um estudo no Conjunto Penal de Feira de Santana – CPFS

Abstract

The present study aims to present a reflection on the "Exercise Professional Social Work in Prisons." For this understanding we conducted a brief history of the profession, from its genesis (1930s) until the present. This retrospective was necessary for us to grasp the elements that influenced the transformation of Social Work and its relationship with the professional acting nowadays. It was also important to conduct a historical review since the emergence of the prison until the current prison system by presenting its main features to contextualize this area of professional practice. The research was guided by the dialectical method of historical materialism and is qualitative. As a technique of field research were conducted structured interviews with social workers of the Joint Criminal Feira de Santana - CPFS. The analysis of the interviews made us understand the contradictions and difficulties of Social Work within the prison system as well as the possibilities for social work in this space - can be qualified occupational and guided the guiding principles of the Code of Professional Ethics 1993 and attuned to the ethical project's political career, the struggle for the realization of human rights.