Mulheres no cárcere: sistema punitivo, invisibilidade e desigualdade social.

Abstract

The present work seeks to analyze the historical trajectory of the laws and penalties applied to women deprived of liberty. It seeks ways to better understand the problem of female incarceration and contribute with possible solutions in the improvement of laws and norms that can alleviate the suffering of this important part of society. Understand the growth of the prison population, which through data and scientific studies, the profile of the prisoners, such as age, education, race, color or ethnicity, maternity, marital status and types of crimes committed. Understanding how incarcerated women live inside of prison establishments, how their sentences are established and how they are being guaranteed their rights, with respect to provisional arrest, house arrest for women pregnant, who have recently given birth, or who are caregivers children up to 12 years of age. How are adolescents who comply with socio-educational measure and mothers who are responsible for the care of children with disabilities. Also understand the non-benefit of those who have committed crimes with violence or serious threat to the family. To achieve the objectives, the approach used was the research descriptive, through the deductive method, passing through a qualitative and bibliographic analysis, using legal texts, scientific articles, as well as doctrinal material, starting from a general analysis on the themes correlated to the main idea, to arrive at the hypothesis of possibility of exclusion, and obtain the imagined conclusion. The work has nature documentary and bibliographic. In the end, the need to seek solutions in the improvement of laws and norms that alleviate the suffering of this important part of the society, as well as providing an effective, gradual and satisfactory social readaptation, thereby reducing recidivism.