Behind bars: the burden of being a woman in Brazilian prisons
Abstract Background Brazil has the third largest prison population in the world. In 2016, the female prison population totaled 42,000, an increase of 656% over the population recorded in the early 2000s. The objective of this study was to describe the socialeconomic and reproductive health of women...
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| author | Priscila França de Araújo Ligia Regina Franco Sansigolo Kerr Carl Kendall George W. Rutherford David W. Seal Roberto da Justa Pires Neto Patrícia Neyva da Costa Pinheiro Marli Teresinha Gimeniz Galvão Larissa Fortunato Araújo Francisco Marto Leal Pinheiro Ana Zaira da Silva |
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| description | Abstract Background Brazil has the third largest prison population in the world. In 2016, the female prison population totaled 42,000, an increase of 656% over the population recorded in the early 2000s. The objective of this study was to describe the socialeconomic and reproductive health of women in Brazilian prisons, and the specific assistance received within the prison system. Methods This is a first of its kind national survey conducted in 15 female prisons in eight Brazilian states between 2014 and 2015. The sample consisted of 1327 women in closed or semi-open prison regimes. Data collection used Audio Computer-Assisted Self-Interviewing (ACASI). STATA v.15. Was use in analysis. The study was submitted to the Research Ethics Committee of the Federal University of Ceará, under CEP protocol No. 1,024,053. Results The population was overwhelmingly Black or Brown, poor and little educated. When women worked previously, they had worked as domestic servants and were the sole source of income for their families. Most were mothers, with 39% having children less than 10 years old, now in the care of others. Most were in jail for drug-related crimes. Prisons were crowded, with more than 2/3rds of the inmates sharing a cell with 6 or more inmates. Services were provide, but women had not had a cervical cancer screening within the past 3 years and breast cancer screening was not conducted. Conclusions Overall, given their backround and prison conditions they are unlikely to change the circumstances that brought them to prison in the first place. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-096755fa702d4922ab4fa878c060aabb2022-12-21T18:10:47ZengBMCBMC International Health and Human Rights1472-698X2020-10-012011910.1186/s12914-020-00247-7Behind bars: the burden of being a woman in Brazilian prisonsPriscila França de Araújo0Ligia Regina Franco Sansigolo Kerr1Carl Kendall2George W. Rutherford3David W. Seal4Roberto da Justa Pires Neto5Patrícia Neyva da Costa Pinheiro6Marli Teresinha Gimeniz Galvão7Larissa Fortunato Araújo8Francisco Marto Leal Pinheiro9Ana Zaira da Silva10Department of Public Health, Federal University of CearaDepartment of Public Health, Federal University of CearaSchool of Public Health and Tropical Medicine Tulane UniversityUniversity of CaliforniaSchool of Public Health and Tropical Medicine Tulane UniversityDepartment of Public Health, Federal University of CearaDepartment of Public Health, Federal University of CearaDepartment of Public Health, Federal University of CearaDepartment of Public Health, Federal University of CearaDepartment of Public Health, Federal University of CearaDepartment of Public Health, Federal University of CearaAbstract Background Brazil has the third largest prison population in the world. In 2016, the female prison population totaled 42,000, an increase of 656% over the population recorded in the early 2000s. The objective of this study was to describe the socialeconomic and reproductive health of women in Brazilian prisons, and the specific assistance received within the prison system. Methods This is a first of its kind national survey conducted in 15 female prisons in eight Brazilian states between 2014 and 2015. The sample consisted of 1327 women in closed or semi-open prison regimes. Data collection used Audio Computer-Assisted Self-Interviewing (ACASI). STATA v.15. Was use in analysis. The study was submitted to the Research Ethics Committee of the Federal University of Ceará, under CEP protocol No. 1,024,053. Results The population was overwhelmingly Black or Brown, poor and little educated. When women worked previously, they had worked as domestic servants and were the sole source of income for their families. Most were mothers, with 39% having children less than 10 years old, now in the care of others. Most were in jail for drug-related crimes. Prisons were crowded, with more than 2/3rds of the inmates sharing a cell with 6 or more inmates. Services were provide, but women had not had a cervical cancer screening within the past 3 years and breast cancer screening was not conducted. Conclusions Overall, given their backround and prison conditions they are unlikely to change the circumstances that brought them to prison in the first place.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12914-020-00247-7Reproductive healthPrisonsWomenCommunity health |
| spellingShingle | Priscila França de Araújo Ligia Regina Franco Sansigolo Kerr Carl Kendall George W. Rutherford David W. Seal Roberto da Justa Pires Neto Patrícia Neyva da Costa Pinheiro Marli Teresinha Gimeniz Galvão Larissa Fortunato Araújo Francisco Marto Leal Pinheiro Ana Zaira da Silva Behind bars: the burden of being a woman in Brazilian prisons BMC International Health and Human Rights Reproductive health Prisons Women Community health |
| title | Behind bars: the burden of being a woman in Brazilian prisons |
| title_full | Behind bars: the burden of being a woman in Brazilian prisons |
| title_fullStr | Behind bars: the burden of being a woman in Brazilian prisons |
| title_full_unstemmed | Behind bars: the burden of being a woman in Brazilian prisons |
| title_short | Behind bars: the burden of being a woman in Brazilian prisons |
| title_sort | behind bars the burden of being a woman in brazilian prisons |
| topic | Reproductive health Prisons Women Community health |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12914-020-00247-7 |
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