Guilherme Derrite was dismissed from his position as Secretary of Public Security for the state of São Paulo so that he can resume his position as federal deputy for PL-SP and report on the project against the temporary release of prisoners that is being processed in the Chamber of Deputies.
The dismissal was published in the Official Gazette of the State of São Paulo this Tuesday (12) and is temporary. The department’s executive secretary, Osvaldo Nico Gonçalves, takes over the Security portfolio during the period.
“Guilherme Derrite took leave from the position of Secretary of Public Security of the State of São Paulo to report to the Chamber of Deputies on the bill that aims to extinguish temporary departures from the Brazilian legal system”, stated the SSP (Secretariat of Public Security), via note, this Tuesday morning.
The dismissal was requested by the secretary and signed by governor Tarcísio de Freitas (Republicans).
A Sheet had asked the SSP, on February 23, whether Derrite would leave the department to monitor the vote on the project. The SSP, however, only responded that Derrite was focused on actions to combat crime.
Derrite reported the project to the Chamber of Deputies when it was approved in August 2022. Once the project is reported, Derrite will resume the portfolio, according to the SSP.
The project should be voted on under Derrite’s report in the Chamber by next week, according to parliamentarians who discussed the matter with the president of the House, Arthur Lira (PP-AL).
Derrite was dismissed from his position as Secretary of Public Security for the state of São Paulo to resume his position as federal deputy for PL-SP and report on the project against the temporary release of prisoners that is being processed in the Chamber.
“I resume my mandate today and, God willing, next week this project will be ready, it will be on the agenda for voting and we will once and for all put an end to the temporary release of prisoners in Brazil, putting an end to one of the several tools of impunity that exist in Brazil”, said Derrite in a post on social media.
The project approved by the Chamber ended any type of temporary exit for prisoners from the semi-open system, such as exits on commemorative dates — the so-called “outings” —, in addition to exits to study and work.
The benefit of temporary release has been granted for almost four decades by the Court to prisoners in the semi-open system who have already served at least one-sixth of their sentence, in the case of a first-time offender, and a quarter of their sentence, in the case of a repeat offender, among other requirements.
As shown by Sheet In January, less than 5% of inmates who were entitled to a Christmas break in 2023 did not return to prisons in Brazil, a rate considered low by experts.
The project also provided for the criminological examination — which covers psychological and psychiatric issues — as a requirement for regime progression.
There was an agreement in the Senate, and the new wording of the project continued to put an end to outings on commemorative dates, but maintained the authorization to study and work outside the prison system. In addition to maintaining the exam for regime progression.
Currently, legislation denies the benefit to individuals convicted of heinous crimes resulting in death. The new proposal seeks to extend this restriction also to cases of crimes committed with violence or serious threat.
The proposal was reported by senator Flávio Bolsonaro (PL-RJ) and embraced by the conservative wing of the House, under the discourse of toughening criminal penalties. The government’s allied senators did not speak, while the Bolsonarian parliamentarians used the platform to praise the measure in the plenary vote on February 20.
Due to the changes, the text needs to go through the Chamber plenary again. According to people who follow the discussion, it should be voted on as soon as it arrived from the Senate.
Interlocutors of President Lula (PT) state that he will await the ministries’ position on the issue before deciding whether to overturn the proposal, if it is approved by the Chamber and forwarded to the Executive for sanction. One possibility is a partial veto, say allies.
The topic became the focus of discussions and mobilized sectors of the political class after the death of Military Police Sergeant Roger Dias da Cunha, 29, shot during a chase by a man who was on a temporary leave in Belo Horizonte.
Another case that generated repercussions was the escape of two of those convicted of heading the largest drug trafficking faction in Rio de Janeiro, Saulo Cristiano Oliveira Dias, 42, known as SL, and Paulo Sérgio Gomes da Silva, 47, known as Bin Laden, after the right to a Christmas getaway.
Raquel Lopes and Victoria Azevedo, from Brasília, collaborated