2021-08-042021-08-042021-08-042021-06-21https://ri.ucsal.br/handle/prefix/4481This article aims to discuss the importance of Restorative Justice in view of the situation of prison overcrowding faced by the Brazilian prison system today. For the development of this scientific production, a qualitative approach methodology was used, through a literature review and legislative review procedure, in addition to the survey of other scientific works already produced. With the failure of the punitive system in Brazil, the prison really needs a method that guarantees the intern's resocialization and seeks social pacification. In view of the research carried out, it is concluded that the Restorative Justice has effective means of ensuring such assumptions, thus acting in the reduction of overcrowding in the country's prisons.Acesso AbertoJustiça restaurativaSuperlotação carceráriaJustiça criminalRestorative justicePrison overcrowdingCriminal justiceTrabalho de Conclusão de CursoCiências Sociais AplicadasDireito