Accountability, Management and Transparency of Information on the Covid-19 Pandemic in the Federal District Prison System

The official data on the situation of the Covid-19 pandemic in the prison system of the Federal District have been questioned by the press and by civil society entities with the argument of not reliably portraying the real picture of the spread of the disease in prisons, which concerns the problem of transparency of the information provided by the public power and its consequences on the credibility of the decision-making processes in this public space where people are under the tutelage and responsibility of the State during the deprivation of liberty. In this sense, it is posed as a research problem to question about the presence of accountability in the public management of the pandemic in prisons, in the sense not only of the duty of transparency of information and accountability, but also of the ethical responsibility that obliges public agents regarding the duty to care for physical integrity and to preserve life those who are tutored by the State and in a situation of serving sentences and judicial measures, observing democratic values ​​and human rights. Thus, the research problem unfolds in the following questions: 1- What is the nature and quality of the information about the pandemic in the prisons of DF produced at different levels of public management (such as: National Council of Justice - CNJ, Supreme Federal Court - STF, Superior Court of Justice - STJ, Court of Justice of the Federal District and Territories - TJDFT, Ministry of Health - MS, National Penitentiary Department of the Ministry of Justice and Public Security - DEPEN / MJSP, Legislative Chamber of the Federal District - CLDF, Public Ministry of the Federal District and Territories - MPDFT, Public Defender of the Federal District - DPDF, Federal District Government GDF - through SESIPE, SEAP, CODEPLAN etc.); 2- How does this diverse and sometimes conflicting information impact the decision-making process in public management to face the pandemic in prisons? and, 3- What is the nature of the noises, questions from civil society entities (such as: NGOs, press vehicles, Universities) with regard to the information that draws the official portrait of the reality of the DF prison system?