FROES, Letícia Lara; HERNANDEZ, Aline Reis Calvo    FORELL, Leandro. A semiological analysis of images and social representations made by prisoners and prison guards in the state Penitentiaries Modulate in Osorio /RS /Brazil. Rev. psicol. polít. []. 2015, 15, 32, pp.75-95. ISSN 1519-549X.

This paper analyzes social representations by prisoners and prison guards from the State Penitenciaria Modulada in Osorio, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, considering images drawn in the prison surroundings and their meanings. This qualitative, exploratory, descriptive, interpretative research used the semiological analysis of photographs of the prison surroundings. The collections of images were organized in four semantic fields: Violence; Sexuality; Religiousness and Faith; Inscriptions. A focus group procedure was used. The photographs were projected to the prison agents, who showed their perceptions and representations about them. After the analysis of the whole material, three analysis fields were found: Power Relationships; Assumed Identities; Modes and Processes of Subjectivation. The analyses problematize the meanings that the prison guards create, their prejudices and stereotypes, besides the fatalism attributed to both the prisoners and criminality.

: Social Representations; Semiological Analysis; Prisoner; Prison Guard.

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