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0172/2016 - Birth in Prison: pregnancy and childbirth behind the bars in Brazil
Nascer na prisão: gestação e parto atrás das grades no Brasil

Author:

• Barbara Ayres - Ayres, Barbara - ENSP/FIOCRUZ - <barbara_vsa@yahoo.com.br>

Co-author(s):

• Maria do Carmo Leal - Leal, Maria do Carmo - ENSP/FIOCRUZ - <ducaleal@gmail.com>
• Ana Paula Esteves-Pereira - Esteves-Pereira, A.P - ENSP/FIOCRUZ - <ana.pep@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0236-2043
• Alexandra Sánchez - Sánchez, A. - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz - <alexandra.sanchez@fiocruz.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5617-1173
• Bernard Larouze - Larouze, Bernard - Sorbonne Universités - <larouzebernard@gmail.com>

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Abstract:

The high vulnerability of the woman imprisoned is amplified when she is pregnant or give birth during incarceration. This paper outlines the profile of incarcerated mothers living with their children in women‘s prisons in capitals and metropolitan areas of Brazil, as well as the conditions and practices related to pregnancy and childbirth care during incarceration. This study is a case series analysis from a national census, conducted between August 2012 and January 2014. From the 241 mothers included in the current analysis, 45% were below 25 year of age, 57% were of brown color, 53% had less than eight years of schooling e 83% were multiparous. When arrested, 89% of women were already pregnant and two thirds did not want the current pregnancy. Access to prenatal care was inadequate for 36% of women. During hospitalization for birth, 15% reported having suffered some sort of abuse (verbal, psychological or physical). Only 15% considered the health care received as excellent. Incarcerated women had little social and family support during labor and delivery and more than one third of women reported the use of handcuffs in during hospitalization for birth. Pregnancy and childbirth care were worse for incarcerated mothers compared to non-incarcerated mothers, users of SUS. This study also highlighted human rights violations, especially during childbirth.

Keywords:

pregnancy Delivery Obstetric prisions Brazil

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Ayres, Barbara, Leal, Maria do Carmo, Esteves-Pereira, A.P, Sánchez, A., Larouze, Bernard. Birth in Prison: pregnancy and childbirth behind the bars in Brazil. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2016/Apr). [Citado em 27/09/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/birth-in-prison-pregnancy-and-childbirth-behind-the-bars-in-brazil/15596?id=15596



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