Ataques criminosos ao Rio Grande do Norte em 2023: a relação entre a participação estatal no sistema carcerário potiguar e a atuação das facções criminosas no RN

Abstract

Rio Grande do Norte is a state that has already experienced several episodes of attacks by criminal factions inside and outside prisons, such as the Alcaçuz Massacre in 2017 and the attack on public offices in 2023. In this connection, this article will address the problem of the destructuring of the Rio Grande do Norte prison system within the context of criminal organizations, with the aim of demonstrating the reasons that make an individual become involved in crime, as well as analyzing the prison situation and the participation of the State in these places, through observation assistance provided for in the Criminal Execution Law. To prepare this article, bibliographic and quantitative research methods were used, based on academic articles presented in the UFRN Report, statistical data extracted from official platforms, such as SISDEPEN, Seap and IMDS, and interviews with civil police officers who participated of the Task Force to combat attacks on RN in March 2023. In short, the results confirmed that the period from 2017 to 2021 was one of major penitentiary crisis in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, combined with the high rates of people in extreme poverty. Thus, it was concluded that the state's omission in the Rio Grande do Norte prison system directly influences the oxygenation of criminal factions, given the aspects of social exclusion and low quality in education in Rio Grande do Norte.