ETHNIC VIOLENCE SUFFERED BY INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN THE BRAZILIAN PRISON SYSTEM

Abstract

The incarceration of indigenous people, although relatively smaller in absolute numbers compared to other groups, reveals a context of marginalization and disrespect for their specific rights. Many indigenous people are imprisoned without respect for their cultures, languages ​​and traditions, facing difficulties in accessing interpreters and adequate protection, which worsens their vulnerability in the judicial system, where they often suffer from a lack of recognition of their cultural and spiritual specificities within of prisons, where they are subjected to the same degrading conditions faced by other inmates, as the Brazilian prison system, in general, does not have adequate policies to deal with the ethnic diversity of indigenous prisoners, worsening the exclusion and invisibility of these people in the prison context . During the course of this study, which is a bibliographical review of a qualitative nature with social impact, the characterization of this violence will be demonstrated within the scope of respect for the right of cultural expression of indigenous peoples, providing a historical overview of violence and oppression experienced by these people in Brazil, as well as presenting aspects of the legislation that deals with the protection of the ethnic rights of indigenous people without failing to analyze the use of the application of the criminal legal system. For this, the research was based on an extensive bibliographical review that included important scientific articles, government reports, books and academic documents dating from 1990 to 2024, which seeks to point out the confrontation of indigenous peoples in the Brazilian prison system with regard to ethnic violence.