This article aims to report the experience gained in the extension project throughout 2017, where it was sought to address issues of penalty remission from educational actions in favor of the organization of associative work. Methodologically, the project contemplated Solidary Economy principles and Paulo Freire’s Popular Pedagogy, offering workshops for thirteen inmates under semi-open penalty in Blumenau’s Regional Prison. Despite the restrictions imposed by the penal institution, this project made it possible for detainees to expand their professional training process and to present a new form of work. In the academic field, the project contributed to strength the dialogue between three extension projects of the University that carry out projects involving Blumenau prison population, besides providing a seminar and developing two new academic projects, one for research and the other for extension
