Abstract: The article that begins is dedicated to presenting the results obtained from the doctoral research funded by CAPES defended in December 2018 with the Graduate Program in History at UFMG. The presented thesis was built based on the partial analysis of sources available in the background of the Chief of Police of the Public Archives of Minas Gerais, by confronting the reports of the police chief of the state of Minas Gerais, the reports of prosecutors and correspondence issued by the delegates of mining towns in the period between 1890 (when the Brazilian penal code came into force and the urbanization process gained strength in the Southeast region) and 1914 (when the proximity to the First World War caused issues related to public security to remain in the background) . The proposed dialogue proved to be productive due to the fact that they are sources that deal with related themes - that is, the police, criminal and prison universe - from different perspectives, making the analysis of the mentioned context very useful. It is pertinent to remember that when researching the mining chains located next to the local police stations, it became possible to trace a microcosm of the problems that plagued the Brazilian prison environment during the first decades of the First Republic (1889-1930).
Keywords:
Republic; Local jail; Minas Gerais