Mulheres privadas de liberdade e violências vivenciadas antes do encarceramento

Abstract

Objective: To know the profile of women deprived of their liberty and their stories of violence suffered before prison. Method: Cross-sectional study with a two-step sequential mixed approach developed at the largest female detention facility in a capital city in Northeastern Brazil. In the first stage, 202 women from the closed regime answered the questionnaires: sociodemographic, the criminal and what contains violence suffered pre-incarceration. The analysis of this stage was done through descriptive statistics. In the second stage, 8 women were interviewed and their analysis was guided by the content analysis technique with the support of the IRAMUTEQ software. Results: It was noticed that 55.4% of the participating women reported having suffered violence before incarceration. In the qualitative stage, 6 thematic classes were formed: Past situations and influence on the current condition; Subterfuge of family violence; Acts of sexual violence; The beginning of episodes of violence; Domestic violence; Emotional marks related to the violence suffered. Conclusion / Implications for practice: There was a need for: strengthening social networks and supporting women victims of violence, better training for professionals who provide direct assistance to this population and investment in sex education for children and adolescents, guiding them about the types of violence and how to identify / report them.