Report from the latest edition of the magazine Crusoesigned by Carlos Graieb and Wilson Lima, addresses the issue of the temporary release of prisoners in Brazil, the so-called “sadinha”.
In early 2024, the case of the Military Police sergeant sparked outrage Roger Dias da Cunha29 years old, murdered by Welbert de Souza Fagundes, criminal sentenced to 13 years in prison for robbery and that he had already committed crimes on the three previous trips.
Every year, escapades leave a trail of crimes that could have been prevented.
“It is a fact, however, that a 5% or 4% evasion in a universe of approximately 35,000 prisoners with the right to leave in São Paulo cannot be considered insignificant: more than 1,500 criminals are back on the streets, certainly with bad intentions. Furthermore, saying that the statistics do not record spikes in criminal activity during “outings” has no meaning to the people who are victims of criminals who should be in prison, like Sergeant Roger and his family. In other words: mentioning statistics is further aggression towards these people. The perverse fact in these cases is that the justice system failed to adequately select the inmates who might be out of their cells and those who would have to spend the end of the year in prison, because they posed a risk to the citizens around them.
The bill that modifies temporary departures, currently being reworked in the Senate, represents a compromise solution. It will impose a new burden on prisoners who respect the rules of “going out” on holidays and returning at the right time, to prevent preventable crimes from continuing to occur, year after year.”
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2024-01-14 19:48:13
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