Filhos do cárcere: a relação das mulheres em situação de privação de liberdade com seus filhos

Abstract

This study aims to show the condition of women living and serving their sentences in closed regime with their children in prisons in Brazil. These women experience a complete disrespect for human rights in Brazilian prisons, because most prisons dedicate to female prisoners only a small area of what is left from the male prison system, with few superficial adaptations only. Besides the State negligence regarding female prisoners, they are also abandoned by their families, boyfriends and husbands, who leave them alone, concerned about the children under their responsibility. In Brazil, women’s prisons do not fulfill the demand in the country, as the number of female prisoners has increased and prisons have not expanded at the same pace over time, leading to overcrowded penitentiaries, a situation that requires the construction of new women’s prisons by the State. This study also intends to show the difficult reality of these women who live with their children in prisons, the challenges they and their innocent children have to face because of the poor conditions of the penitentiary system and the lack of investment from public administration to improve this reality.