Treatment and resocialization of the inimputable: reflections of the return to living in society after internment

Abstract

This article aims to demonstrate the effectiveness of hospitalizations of offenders considered unaccountable due to psychiatric illness in a Psychiatric Custody and Treatment Hospital. Question the degree of effectiveness of the security measure consistent with hospitalization and whether there is resocialization and outpatient follow-up after the end of treatment. The general objective seeks to analyze the consequences of returning to society and the importance of resocialization after hospitalization for the treatment of those who cannot be imputed at the HCTP, and also how resocialization occurs. The objectives are intended to: address the institute of non-imputability; analyze the importance of resocialization and continuity of outpatient treatment; observe how the treatment of individuals admitted to the HCTP works and the consequences of returning to society after leaving. The methodology is qualitative with a deductive approach, based on literary works and scientific articles, as well as normative and jurisprudential documents. It can be concluded that treatment and resocialization through hospitalization in a Custody and Psychiatric Treatment Hospital was flawed and did not cause positive effects for those hospitalized and consequently for society in general, causing the National Council of Justice, through of Resolution no. 487/2023 determined the end of hospitalizations at the HCTP and from 2023, hospitalization has become a very exceptional measure and will be carried out at the General Hospital, with the guarantee of maintaining social interaction with family members, through the assistance of the Psychosocial and of the judiciary.