Psicanálise no sistema prisional

Abstract

This article explores the possibilities and challenges of psychoanalysis in the prison context, highlighting the complex relationship between clinical listening and the environment of incarceration. Based on Freudian and Lacanian concepts, such as guilt and responsibility, and the writings of Michel Foucault, the study aims to understand, in the light of Psychoanalysis, the possibilities of analytical listening to the incarcerated in a prison institution, characterized by surveillance and repression; tracing a path from the contextualization of the Prison System in Brazil and the psychic dynamics of the transgressor. The methodology is based on a literature review, analyzing scientific publications that deal with the interface between psychoanalysis and the prison system, as well as specific works by classic authors. The study identified that the prison structure imposes limitations on the analytical process, creating a triangular dynamic between the analyst, the incarcerated subject and the surveillance apparatus, but also shows itself as a field of possibilities. It concludes that by breaking with institutional logic and opposing the impositions of the prison system, psychoanalysis not only enables the subject to open up to their own truth, but also points to a transformative way of positioning themselves, as humans in conflict with the law, in the face of their desire.