Saúde meta das detentas brasileiras: os impactos do cárcere e a responsabilidade estatal.

Abstract

The work addresses the mental health of Brazilian jailed women, and its relationship with State action. The main objective is to establish a diagnosis based on the searching on the relevant bibliography, recognizing the current situation regarding the mental health of female prisoners. For the study of this population, the methodology used was the bibliographic research modality, that assumed descriptive contours when reporting and describing characteristics and properties of the prison environment. As there aren’t proportionately few studies on the subject, exploratory trends are also reported. The methodological option was based on the deductive method, by narrowing the ideal considerations until it approached reality. The first chapter traced historical tags to the theme, while the second tried to illustrate the problem through statistical data, combined with relevant legal excerpts. The third and final chapter was directed to try to exemplify what is the female experience in prison. The results obtained were that state neglect is the rule that never fails, which even causes the collapse of other institutions, such as the family, maternity and the possibility of mental health during prison.