2012. This is subject to the guarantee of the adolescents’ right to family and community support, particularly of those deprived of
liberty. Several initiatives have been implemented, particularly since the last decade, to consolidate a culture of guaranteeing youth
rights regarding the execution of social-educative measures.
42.The regionalization of the facilities allows the non-concentration of internments in state capitals – as concentration violates the
rights to family and community interaction – and favors the establishment of specialized judiciary bodies away from the capitals.
Except for states with lower demographic density and smaller young population, the regionalization of the social-educative system is
in the way to establish new internment units and specialized bodies under the judiciary and in the area of security. In locations where
attention still must be centralized, interaction with the family is fostered by funds from the Unified Social Welfare System-SUAS or by
the state social-educative administration, as illustrated by the guarantee of transportation to meet the family, and periodic
accompaniment on visits by technical teams. Steps are also taken toward coordinating these teams with local networks, so as to
ensure the inclusion of adolescents released from related municipal programmes into school, family, and work.
IV.Policies
A.Infrastructure
43.To reduce the prison deficit, the Brazilian Government introduced the National Program in Support of the Prison System. The
specific objectives of this programme are to eliminate the vacancies deficit in women’s prisons and to reduce the number of those
detained in police districts by transferring them to prison units with appropriate facilities for the pertinent judicial purposes. Vacancies
should be created through expansion of prison units reserved for temporary male prisoners and the construction of prison units for
temporary and convicted women prisoners. The plan calls for the investment of R$1.1 billion by 2014 and the creation of 42,500
vacancies all over the country. The programme also addresses two other fronts: improvement of the quality of the prison system and
actions based on access to fundamental rights and guarantees, both subjects of covenants being negotiated with the several players
involved.
44.The technical support and the investment provided by the Federal Government are complemented by the states’ commitment to
improve their prison units. An example is the Ary Franco prison, which, according to the Rio de JaneiroState Penitentiary
Administration (SEAP/RJ), is expected to suspend its operations due to the expansion and modification of male prison units with both
federal and state funds. This will ensure the number of vacancies needed for the’ restructuring and final deactivation of the
penitentiary.
45.CNPCP Resolution no. 9 was issued on 18 November 2011 to set a criminal architectural standard to improve conditions in
criminal establishments; it defined the basic guidelines for such architecture, as a result of a cooperation effort by the Ministry of
Justice and the states in regard to initiatives related to construction, expansion, or remodeling of criminal establishments. A review of
these guidelines incorporated contributions from 1994 and 2005 Resolutions, improved the way of defining dimensions based on
proportionality of use, as well as adopting new concepts such as accessibility, soil permeability, bioclimatic comfort, and
environmental impact. It also took into consideration recommendations from other government agencies and from society, which
expressed its opinions through a public consultation.
46.The Resolution establishes wide-ranging norms to ensure proper temperature performance of prisons, as well as call for
exploitation of natural ventilation and lighting. Annex IV to the Resolution, “Architectural Typology,” calls for eight bioclimatic zones,
regulates the use of appropriate wall and roof materials in accordance with each region’s peculiarities, and for proper ventilation and
protection through the adoption of special thematic schemes that fit regional climatic conditions.
47.As regards minimum space allotted to each inmate, rules on criminal establishments’ overall capacity set under the Resolution
should be observed, as shown in the Table below.
Criminal Establishments’ Overall Capacity
Criminal Establishment
Maximum Security Penitentiary
Medium-Security Penitentiary
Low-Security Facility - Farm, Industrial, or other type of colony
Half-way house or similar establishment
Criminological Observation Center
City Jail
Maximum Capacity
300
800
1.000
120
300
800
48.Resolution no. 9 further establishes that the capacity of a cell module shall never exceed 200 inmates. In addition, it determines
that all penitentiaries and city jails that have collective cells must ensure a minimum of 2.0 per cent of the total number of individual
cells in case there is a need to separate inmates. It further determines that each individual cell must have a bed and a personal hygiene
area with at least a washbasin and a toilet, in addition to a circulation area; at a minimum, the individual cells must measure six square
meters. Collective cells may house up to eight inmates and must have a minimum of 13.85 square meters, as shown on the Table
below:
Minimum Cell Dimensions
Capacity (vacancy)
01
02
03
04
Type
Individual Cell
Collective Cell
7.70
8.40
Minimum Area (m²)
6.00
7.00
2.60
2.60
Minimum Diameter
2.00
2.00
19.25
21.00
Minimum Cubic Capacity (m³)
15.00
15.00