Complexo de Pedrinhas: histórias de amor e ódio no presídio que chocou o país

Abstract

This work is a applied research whose that developed a reportage book that cover the events that happened during the Pedrinhas Complex continued riot in 2013/2014. The reportage book tell stories of people who lived the rebellion and approach the different aspects of this case. The commotion around the prison generated a media event with the spectacularization and

trivialization of barbarism. From bibliographical and documental research, besides semi- structured and individual interviews with persons deprived of liberty, egress from the prisional

system, relatives, employers and ex-employers of the penitentiary complex, and other people connected to the event, was developed a reportage book based on discussions about the trivialization of evil (ARENDT, 1999), grotesque communication (MUNIZ, 2002) and the historical belonging of the black people to the prison scenery (FOUCAULT, 2010). This work also analyze the aspects of the investigative and literary journalism. From the research, it was possible to identify that the events of the Complex were not isolated, but are part of the Prison System Crisis on Brasil, driven by overincarceration and scrapping of the investigative police. Then, the barbarism used on Pedrinhas served as a strategy of a mediatic event with the aim of drawing attention to humanity problems that the units were experiencing.