HOW MANY DETAINEES? THE RELATION BETWEEN PRE-TRIAL DETENTION AND JUDICIARY CONGESTION/QUANTOS PRESOS PROVISORIOS? A RELACAO ENTRE PRISAO PROCESSUAL E CONGESTIONAMENTO JUDICIARIO

Why Brazil presents high rates of pre-trial detention? The analysis of the numbers of pre-trial detention denotes the explication is not solely legal. The paper problematizes the relation between pre-trial detention and the length of criminal cases on first degree criminal courts until the judgment promoting comparison on imprisonment rates and judicial congestion in first instance. It asserts judicial congestion as a relevant factor to estimate pre-trial detention. Methodologically, the paper promotes legal- exploratory research and documental analysis--this, considering data available on imprisonment in Brazil. KEYWORDS: Prison Arrests National Data. Judiciary congestion. Reasonable length of trial. Infopen. Pre-trial detention. Por que o Brasil ostenta elevado percentual de presos provisorios? A analise dos numeros de prisao processual indica que a explicacao nao e estritamente juridica. O artigo problematiza a relacao entre o uso da prisao processual e os tempos de tramitacao do processo criminal ate a prolacao da sentenca por meio do cotejo entre taxa de aprisionamento e congestionamento judicial em primeira instancia. Sustenta que o congestionamento judiciario e fator relevante no dimensionamento da prisao processual. Metodologicamente, o artigo se vale de pesquisa juridico-exploratoria e analise documental--esta ultima a partir dos dados disponiveis de uso da prisao no Brasil. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Banco Nacional de Mandados de Prisao. Congestionamento judiciario. Duracao razoavel do processo. Infopen. Prisao provisoria.