The life of a school in an environment of deprivation of liberty

About: En la escuela no hay injusticias. Una etnografía de la educación en contextos de encierro, de Gretel Schneider. Buenos Aires: Miño y Dávila editores, 2024

Abstract

«There are no injustices at school. An ethnography of education in contexts of confinement" stands out as a work that immerses the reader in the intimate world of an institution inserted within another, it is the Primary School for the education of youth and adults No. 27 Vicente Lopez, which It operates within Penal Unit No. 1 Juan José O'Connor of the city of Paraná, Entre Ríos. 

With a meticulous narrative and a deeply immersive approach, Gretel Schneider offers us a window to learn how students who are deprived of their liberty experience their double condition, how school affects daily life in prison and vice versa. 

This review aims to showcase a book that not only documents but also shows the complexities of a reality that challenges pre-existing perceptions. The reader is guided through a detailed and empathetic exploration, which reveals the interactions, conflicts, negotiations and tensions that define the daily experience of those who are users of the Penitentiary Service and that school that happens and allows the student to be born behind the highs walls.