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Published on: August 1, 2017
Right to mental health in prison system: reflections on the process of deinstitutionalization of the HCTP
Marden Marques Soares1, Paula Michele Martins Gomes Bueno2
1Departamento de Monitoramento e Fiscalização (DMF) do Sistema Carcerário e do Sistema de Execução de Medidas Socioeducativas, DMF do Conselho Nacional de Justiça. Pça. Três Poderes/Supremo Tribunal Federal/Anexo I/Sala 361, Zona Cívico-Administrativa. 70175-900 Brasília DF Brasil. mardenfilho@gmail.com.
Abstract:
This study aimed to discuss the close relationship between mental health, the criminal justice system and the prison system, whose specific interfaces are the HCTP (Hospital de Custódia e Tratamento Psiquiátrico, or Judicial Psychiatric Hospital) conflict and the person with mental disorder in conflict with the law. There will be presented extensive discussions on the Penal Execution Law and the Brazilian Psychiatric Reform Law, as well as cross-sector actions taken by the judiciary and the federal government (Brazilian National Health System - SUS and National Social Assistance System - SUAS) to bring the criminal justice system and the prison system to the anti-asylum combat. Two successful experiences in the states of Minas Gerais and Goiás will also be presented for they reflect the emergence of a new strategy on public health policy: The Evaluation Service and Monitoring Therapeutic Measures for the Person with Mental Disorder in Conflict with the Law, device connector between systems, willing to operate in the process of deinstitutionalization of people with mental disorders of HCPT.
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