Freedom-deprived women: social representations of prison, violence, and their consequences

Freedom-deprived women: social representations of prison, violence, and their consequences

To understand the social representations that women deprived of their freedom have of imprisonment, violence, and their consequences. An exploratory-descriptive qualitative study with 15 women from a female penitentiary in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. Semistructured interview was used. Data submi...

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Published in:Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem Vol. 73; no. 3; p. e20180781
Main Authors: Scherer, Zeyne Alves Pires, Scherer, Edson Arthur, Santos, Manoel Antonio Dos, Souza, Jacqueline de, Pillon, Sandra Cristina, Scherer, Nikolas Pires
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Brazil Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem 01-01-2020
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Brazil
Female
Gender-Based Violence - psychology
Humans
Interviews as Topic - methods
Mass Media - standards
Mass Media - trends
Middle Aged
Nursing
Prisoners - classification
Prisons
Prisons - trends
Qualitative Research
Sociological Factors
Violence
Violence Against Women
Women
Brazil
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Summary:To understand the social representations that women deprived of their freedom have of imprisonment, violence, and their consequences. An exploratory-descriptive qualitative study with 15 women from a female penitentiary in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. Semistructured interview was used. Data submitted to thematic content analysis and interpreted under Social Representations. Categories identified: "Enclosed and abandoned in the prison environment": loss of contact with relatives, difficulties living in prison, and right to be reinserted into society. "Imprisoned in a cycle of social inequality": lack of support, access to education and employment opportunities, leading them to engage in new illicit activities and consequent imprisonment. The social representations of prisoners suggest that they perceive themselves to be doubly "imprisoned", either from the objective point of view, as an individual deprived of freedom; or subjective, as citizens who have their rights disrespected and their possibilities of rehabilitation limited by the prison system.
ISSN:0034-7167
1984-0446
DOI:10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0781