Judiciary System:
resistance of their walls in front of the Psychiatric Reform Law
Keywords:
Forensic Psychiatric Hospital, Psychiatric Reform, Critical Criminology, Anti-Asylum MovementAbstract
The present article aims to outline the trajectory of Custody and Psychiatric Treatment Hospitals, known as forensic psychiatric hospitals, in Brazil, from the time their walls were erected to the present day, as well as to understand their various forms of resilience over time. Guided by the Psychiatric Reform Law (Law No. 10.216/01), the article first seeks to understand its formal implications on the institutions of Criminal and Criminal Procedure Law, as well as its material implications, based on its effectiveness in the realm of forensic psychiatric hospitals. In particular, it studies the emergence of the Multiprofessional and Forensic Psychosocial Evaluation Examination in Rio de Janeiro, as well as Resolution No. 487/2023 of the National Council of Justice, provisions that arise from Law No. 10.216/01 but did not ensure the total closure of forensic psychiatric hospitals in Brazil. To this end, critical criminology and the contributions of the anti-asylum movement are utilized to understand, to some extent, how forensic psychiatric hospitals persist, even after more than 20 years since the Psychiatric Reform Law.
