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

Publisher: Associacao Brasileira de Enfermagem Country of Publication: Brazil NLM ID: 7910105 Publication Model: eCollection Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1984-0446 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00347167 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Rev Bras Enferm

Publication: Brasilia : Associacao Brasileira de Enfermagem
Original Publication: Brasilia [s.n.]

Sociological Factors*; Mass Media/*trends ; Prisoners/*classification; Adult ; Aged ; Brazil ; Female ; Gender-Based Violence/psychology ; Humans ; Interviews as Topic/methods ; Mass Media/standards ; Middle Aged ; Prisons/trends ; Qualitative Research

Objective: To understand the social representations that women deprived of their freedom have of imprisonment, violence, and their consequences.
Method: 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.
Results: 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.
Final Considerations: 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.

Date Created: 20200423 Date Completed: 20210202 Latest Revision: 20240821

20240821

10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0781

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