Patterns of Absences in the Life Trajectories of Girls Serving Socio-Educational Custodial Sentences

Defending the rights of children and teenagers is a fundamental issue for building an egalitarian society. In recent decades, a series of legal apparatuses and public equipments have been created but many weaknesses still persists, specifically in the context of teenagers serving socio-educational custodial sentences. In this article, we discuss the gap between what is prescribed and the reality on the ground of a public equipment responsible for executing socio-educational measures of deprivation of liberty in Minas Gerais, based on the results of a PhD research conducted in an inpatient unit. We identified a recurring pattern of failures and shortcomings on the part of the protection network institutions that affects not only children and teenagers, but also their families. These are trajectories marked by social inequality and which, as a result of ethical-political suffering, are devoid of a future perspective.

Keywords:
teenagers; socio-educational measure; deprivation of liberty; ethical-political suffering; girls.