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0989/2013 - Between caring and watching out: Ambiguities and contradictions in the discourse of a female correctional officer.
Entre cuidar e vigiar: Ambiguidades e contradições no discurso de uma agente penitenciária.

Author:

• Mariana de Medeiros e Albuquerque Barcinski - Barcinski, M. - Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul - <mbarcinski@gmail.com>

Co-author(s):

• Bibiana Altenbernd - Altenbernd, B. - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul - <bibiana.alt@gmail.com>
• Cristiane Campani - Campani, C. - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul - <cristiane_campani@hotmail.com>

Thematic Area:

Saúde e Gênero

Abstract:

The work aims at verifying how the discourse of a female correctional officer working in a prison for women reflects, in different ways, the inherent contradiction of prisons, that is, their double mission of punishing and re-socializing criminals. The data collected in a female prison in Rio Grande do Sul were analyzed through Critical Discourse Analysis, which has the goal of understanding how discursive productions reflect social power relations. The analyses show that this officer’s practice is based simultaneously in punitive and re-socializing ideologies, expressed in contradictory feelings of anger and affection towards incarcerated women. Results point to the centrality of gender in the relationship established between officers and interns. Thus, the fact of being a female officer caring and watching out for other women makes this daily relationship even more complex. Such complexity extrapolates the limits imposed by prisons.

Keywords:

genderfemale prisoncorrectional officer

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Barcinski, M., Altenbernd, B., Campani, C.. Between caring and watching out: Ambiguities and contradictions in the discourse of a female correctional officer.. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2013/Aug). [Citado em 15/05/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/between-caring-and-watching-out-ambiguities-and-contradictions-in-the-discourse-of-a-female-correctional-officer/13810?id=13810



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