05
06
07
08
12.75
13.85
13.5
13.85
2.60
2.85
2.85
2.85
31.88
34.60
34.60
34.60
49.The Resolution’sdeterminations are widely heeded in the evaluation of architectonic projects financed with resources from the
National Penitentiary Fund. This brings building standards up to an international level and makes possible a significant improvement of
conditions of Brazilian prisons, thereby meeting SPT recommendations.
50.It should be further stressed that, for the proper individualization of the sentence at the execution stage, those convicted and
interned are classified according to their criminal record and their personality, by the evaluation programme that individualizes the
penalty of deprivation of liberty. The evaluation reports are prepared by a Classification Technical Commission in each establishment,
chaired by the director and including, as a minimum, two services heads, a psychiatrist, a psychologist, and a social worker.
B.Management improvement and modernization
(a)Penitentiary system’s master plan
51.The Penitentiary System’s Master Plan is a major strategic monitoring instrument whose main objective is to bring together the
federal and the state governments to improve prison conditions in Brazil. The project resulted from a partnership between the Federal
Government, through DEPEN, and the 27 federation units represented by their penitentiary administration agencies.
52.The Master Plan is a planning instrument grounded on twelve targets established in tune with LEP and CNPCP guidelines to
guarantee the rights of inmates and improve conditions under which they serve their sentences. It lists a set of actions to be carried out
by the states and the Federal District in the short-, medium-, and long-term.
53.Preparation of this master plan started with a diagnostic of the prison situation in each Federation unit, which gathered quantitative
and qualitative data and identified the main needs of each region. The result should be a more human system that is safe and
appropriate to basic attention to incarcerated people.
54.The Master Plan targets are as follows:
Target 01
Establishment of Board of Trustees or the equivalent
Target 02
Target 03
Target 04
Target 05
Target 06
Target 07
Target 08
Target 09
Target 10
Target 11
Target 12
Target 13
Target 14
Target 15
Target 16
Target 17
Target 18
Target 19
Target 20
Target 21
Target 22
Incentive to the establishment of Community Councils
Establishment of an independent and autonomous Ombudsman Service
Establishment of a Judicial Administrative Office at each agency in charge of penitentiary administration
Establishment of Discipline Councils in criminal establishments
Establishment of Technical Commissions for Classification in every criminal establishment
Drafting of a Penitentiary Statute and Bylaws
Establishment or expansion of legal assistance services in every criminal unit
Incentive to the expansion of Public Defender Offices for comprehensive attention to inmates
Incentive to the application of penalties and measures instead of incarceration
Establishment of a penitentiary worker career and drafting of a career plan
Expansion of penitentiary staff
Establishment of a Penitentiary Administration School
Adherence to projects or agreements aimed at providing comprehensive health care for inmates
Adherence to school, literacy, and vocational training programmes
Establishment of literature spaces and building of collections
Establishment of work infrastructure in criminal establishments
Adherence to or preparation of projects for assisting inmates’ families
Ongoing updating of data of the Penitentiary Information System-INFOPEN
Building, expansion, or remodeling for increasing the number of incarceration vacancies
Investment on equipping and reequipping criminal establishment
Adherence to projects aimed at providing assistance to female inmates and former inmates.
55.DEPEN monitors and assesses compliance with the actions and timetable set for each target.
(b)Alternative sentencing
56.It should be further noted that the Brazilian State’s endeavors to enhance the alternative methods of sentencing, under the National
Program in Support of the Prison System and by the establishment of the National Alternative Sentencing Strategy (ENAPE), to
ensure greater effectiveness in facing conflict and in achieving social pacification. ENAPE reinforces government policies to promote
alternatives to incarceration and more effective measures to reduce violence and criminal recidivism, which have received greater
emphasis as of 2000. This is illustrated by the psychosocial monitoring of sentences and alternative measures, which was recognized
as a good practice at the Twelfth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice held in Salvador/Bahia in 2010
and at the First National Conference on Public Security (Conseg) in 2009, which defined the need to favor alternatives to deprivation
of liberty as a principle.