Crítica da Educação Física na política de medidas socioeducativas para pessoas jovens privadas de liberdade

Abstract

This paper critically analyzes the role of Physical Education in institutions that deprive children and adolescents in conflict with the law of their liberty, investigating how hegemonic and ideological logics have historically influenced socio-educational practices and policies in Brazil. Based on a historical-dialectical materialist perspective, the bibliographic and documentary research sought to understand the roots of the socio-educational system, revealing contradictions between the current legal framework — such as the Child and Adolescent Statute (ECA) and the National Socio-Educational Assistance System (SINASE) — and the reality experienced in the institutions. It was found that the performance of Physical Education in these spaces is still marked by traditional models, with a strong emphasis on sports, disciplinary models and reproduction of conservative values, inherited from the doctrine of Irregular Situation and the hygienist movement. The lack of specific training and academic production on the subject also limits the critical and emancipatory potential of the area. In this context, the study highlights the urgency of promoting more inclusive, critical and transformative educational practices that consider the social, cultural and historical specificities of the young people served and that enhance Physical Education as a tool for resocialization and social justice.