0336/2020 - Social belonging and vulnerabilities in childbirth and pregnancy in prison
Pertencimentos sociais e vulnerabilidades em experiências de parto e gestação na prisão
Publicado
Author:
• Gabriela Dalenogare - Dalenogare, G - <gabrieladalenogare@gmail.com>ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0167-7358
Co-author(s):
• Letícia Becker Vieira - Vieira, L.B. - <lebvieira@hotmail.com>ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5850-7814
• Rosana Maffacciolli - Maffacciolli, R. - Porto Alegre, RS - <rosanamaffac@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5846-6001
• Deise Lisboa Riquinho - Riquinho, D. L. - Porto Alegre, RS - <deise.riquinho@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6604-8985
• Débora Fernandes Coelho - Coelho, D.F - <debynh@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4535-2611
Abstract:
Gestating and giving birth in prison can deepen power relationships and mechanisms that promote inequality in the care provided to women and children, with negative consequences for the lives of both. The theme gave rise to research that aimed to understand the experiences of pregnancy and childbirth for women in prison. Method: qualitative study, under theoretical perspectives which address intersectionality between race, gender and social class. The study was carried out through interviews with women who had left a penitentiary in southern Brazil.The participants, mostly young black women, report having been subjected to situations of violencethe moment of approach by the police, before imprisonment. Once deprived of their liberty, they were subjected to humiliation, deficient access to health, as well as psychological and moral violence by security agents and health professionals. The experience of childbirth was permeated by institutional violence and feelings of loneliness and helplessness. Failure to comply with legal provisions, reproduction of violence in relations with security agents and systematic neglect of social and health needs are additional effects of gender, race and social class oppressions that affect pregnant women and women in prison.
