Sistema prisional feminino, gestão e maternidade precariedade e a violação dos direitos de mães e detentas grávidas no Brasil

Abstract

This research analyzes aspects relating to the female penitentiary system in Brazil, involving the number of pregnant women that are incarcerated, from birth to breastfeeding. These mothers remain living with their children in a totally precarious way. This study establishes an analysis through statistics that prove the lack of structural conditions for the development of these pregnant women while in prison, including basic rights as: their right to health, hygiene, and maternity care. Therefore, basic care that every woman must have. In this regard, even with the presence of laws and projects created to benefit the health of these women while incarcerated, there are still many flaws up until this day. There are prisons that have improvised cells meant to serve pregnant women with poor medical equipment, failing to conduct prevention of diseases, and sadly not giving them the right of prenatal care, which is essential in a baby’s development. The right to decent health care is guaranteed by the constitution and all women must seize their rights. Regardless of whether they are deprived of their freedom or not, this is an important matter in a woman's life that needs to be dealt with in a relevant way by the prison authorities.