Electronic monitoring in Brazil: Between control zones, prison walls and conflict territories

This article examines the implementation of electronic monitoring (EM) in Brazil and its impact on the lives of those subjected to it. From a Foucauldian perspective, this study is based on ethnographic surveys conducted between 2015 and 2017. First, the article analyzes the spatial aspects of EM systems and their connections with incarceration in the country which has the third largest prison population in the world. Secondly, the text examines certain unexpected effects of EM related to the marking of the body of the criminal by the tracking device, in urban contexts characterized by conflicts between militias, criminal groups and public security agents.