RESOCIALIZING AND REINTEGRATING: CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS FOR A FRESH START.

The reflections addressed in this article are about resocializing and reintegrating people deprived of their liberty who need to return to social life, but who still encounter many barriers to entering the job market, since society, fearing their safety, ends up denying them the opportunity for a fresh start.The text analyzes the proposals for social reintegration from prison to life in society, checking which re-socializing opportunities prison currently offers to people deprived of their liberty.The methodology of this study is based on bibliographical research, drawing up a dialog with authors such as Foucault (1999), Lima (2012) and Mirabete (2006).The conclusion indicates that resocialization and reintegration policies need to go beyond penal institutions, since society is still very resistant to welcoming an ex-convict into the job market, and that partnerships between the state and companies are extremely important, as is the work of NGOs, which welcome and direct people who have left prisons and want a fresh start.