The State Department of Criminal Executions (DEECRIM) of the São Paulo Court of Justice published the annual calendar of temporary releases for prisoners serving sentences in a semi-open regime in state prisons. The measure regulates the granting of the benefit and establishes criteria, dates and conditions that must be observed by those sentenced.
According to the ordinance signed by the coordinating judges of the state’s ten Judicial Administrative Regions (RAJs), temporary departures will take place in the months of March, June, September e December. In the first three periods, authorized inmates leave prison units on the Tuesday of the third week of the month, from 6 am, and must return by 6 pm on the following Monday.
The temporary end-of-year departure will begin at 6am on December 23rd and end at 6pm on January 3rd of the following year.
The benefit is intended for prisoners serving sentences in a semi-open regime and that meet the requirements set out in the Criminal Execution Law. Among the requirements are have good prison behavior, have served a minimum part of the sentence — one-sixth for first-time offenders and one-fourth for repeat offenders —, in addition to prove address of residence during the period outside the prison unit.
According to the ordinance, beneficiaries will be able to leave penal establishments to carry out family visitsas long as the exit is considered compatible with the objectives of the sentence and the resocialization process.
During their period of temporary release, prisoners must comply with a series of rules. Among them are remain at the address provided to the Court, Do not leave the indicated city without judicial authorization, Go to your residence between 7pm and 6am, don’t go to bars, nightclubs, gaming locations or prostitution e do not consume alcoholic beverages or narcotic substances.
The document also provides for the use of electronic monitoring for beneficiaries, when equipment provided by the State is available. Failure to comply with the conditions imposed may result in the revocation of the benefit, opening of disciplinary proceedings and possible regression of the regime.
The Military and Civil Police were designated to monitor compliance with the determinations during temporary departures. If irregularities are found, prisoners may be returned to the prison system and the case will be immediately reported to the Judiciary for analysis.
Prison units must forward to the Court, at least 15 days in advance, the list of prisoners eligible to receive the benefit. After returning, establishments will have a deadline to report any non-compliance or cases of non-return to the units.
The regulation seeks standardize procedures across the stateensuring the control of temporary exits and the monitoring of detainees during the social reintegration process provided for in Brazilian legislation.
