SCHOOL EDUCATION IN THE CONTEMPORARY PRISON SYSTEM

O presente trabalho tem como objetivo refletir sobre a educação escolar no sistema prisional contemporâneo. Destacando os marcos legais e documentos oficiais que expressam e orientam o direito à educação nestes espaços não formais. Pensar a educação neste contexto é destacar a importância da educação para o processo transformador do ser humano, ou seja, a educação tem a função de promover a reintegração social do sujeito em situação de privação de liberdade. Para o desenvolvimento deste trabalho temos como abordagem qualitativa, com o suporte das pesquisas bibliográfica e documental. Portanto, promover a acessibilidade da pessoa privada de liberdade, é promover não só a reintegração social via a educação, como promover o exercício da cidadania independente do fato julgado. Nestes termos, a educação escolar no sistema prisional tem sido um desafio para a reintegração social da pessoa privada de liberdade na contemporaneidade.This paper aims to reflect on school education in the contemporary prison system, highlighting the legal landmarks and official documents that express and guide the right to education in these non-formal spaces. To think about education in this context is to highlight the importance of education for the transforming process of the human being, that is, education has the function of promoting the social reintegration of the subject in the situation of deprivation of freedom. To develop this work we carried out a qualitative approach, supported by bibliographic and documental research. We concluded that promoting the accessibility of the person deprived of freedom is not only promoting social reintegration through education, but also promoting the exercise of citizenship regardless of the fact judged. In these terms, school education in the prison system has been a challenge for the social reintegration of the person deprived of freedom in contemporary times

Mercury toxicity in livers of northern pike (Esox lucius) from Isle Royale, USA

Author Posting. © Elsevier B.V., 2007. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of Elsevier B.V. for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C: Toxicology & Pharmacology 147 (2008): 331-338, doi:10.1016/j.cbpc.2007.12.003.Many laboratory studies have documented that mercury can be toxic to fish, but it is largely unknown if mercury is toxic to fish in their natural environments. The objective of our study was to investigate the toxic effects of mercury on northern pike (Esox lucius) at Isle Royale, Michigan. In 124 northern pike from eight inland lakes, concentrations of total mercury in skin-on fillets ranged from 0.069 to 0.622 µg/g wet wt. Concentrations of total mercury in livers increased exponentially compared with concentrations in fillets, to a maximum of 3.1 µg/g wet wt. Methylmercury constituted a majority of the mercury in livers with total mercury concentrations <0.5 µg/g wet wt, but declined to 28-51% of the mercury in livers with total mercury concentrations >0.5 µg/g wet wt. Liver color (absorbance at 400 nm) varied among northern pike and was positively related to liver total mercury concentration. The pigment causing variation in liver color was identified as lipofuscin, which results from lipid peroxidation of membranous organelles. An analysis of covariance revealed lipofuscin accumulation was primarily associated with mercury exposure, and this association obscured any normal accumulation from aging. We also documented decreased lipid reserves in livers and poor condition factors of northern pike with high liver total mercury concentrations. Our results suggest (i) northern pike at Isle Royale are experiencing toxicity at concentrations of total mercury common for northern pike and other piscivorous fish elsewhere in North America and (ii) liver color may be useful for indicating mercury exposure and effects in northern pike at Isle Royale and possibly other aquatic ecosystems and other fish species.Financial support was provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency STAR Graduate Fellowship Program to P.E.D

O trabalho em rede como estrategia para erradicação do trabalho infantil e proteção do adolescente.

O artigo aborda a necessidade de coordenação dos diversos órgãos de proteção das crianças e adolescentes, com a finalidade de produção de ações efetivas para o combate ao trabalho infantil. Aborda também a aprendizagem como meio adequado de inserção do adolescente no mercado de trabalho.The article addresses the need for coordination of the various organs of protection of children and adolescents, with the purpose of producing effective actions to combat child labor. It also addresses learning as an appropriate means of insertion of the adolescent into the labor market