Abstract
The following article presents statements by pregnant or breastfeeding women to have been through custody hearings and criminal proceedings while released on bail, illustrating institutional responses to prenatal, childbirth, and post-natal care outside the prison environment. The aim was to document the possibilities for and difficulties of applying release measures, according to the women’s own narratives of violence. The qualitative research is based on an analysis of content and is organized according to thematic modules with an exploration of the material collected in interviews and field data. Several obstacles faced in the empirical study have been highlighted, as have the experiences of the women inside and outside the prisons, in terms of the exercise of motherhood, life with the child, the lack of state assistance, and the consequences of the imprisonment. The report from mothers to have been released on bail or placed under house arrest due to pregnancy demonstrates adequate pre-natal care and the children’s healthy development, although difficulties were still experienced during childbirth. The adoption of measures to release the women allowed for better access to healthcare, in line with the human right to safe motherhood. The satisfaction of being able to care for their children and live alongside family stood out as a positive factor. Situations of institutional violence still persist, given the insufficiency or absence of state protection.
Highlights
Résumé Cet article présente les propos de femmes enceintes ou allaitantes ayant fait l’expérience d’audiences afférentes à leur détention provisoire et qui ont finalement attendu leur procès pénal en liberté, illustrant ainsi les réponses institutionnelles à la question des soins prénatals, de l’accouchement et des soins postnatals en dehors de l’environnement carcéral
Revista Brasileira de Ciências Criminais, São Paulo, ano 26, v. 149, p. 455-489, 2018
Summary
Este artigo apresenta falas de gestantes ou lactantes que passaram por audiências de custódia e responderam ao processo criminal em liberdade, ilustrando respostas institucionais acerca do pré-natal, parto e cuidados pós-parto fora do ambiente prisional. O objetivo foi documentar as possibilidades e dificuldades da aplicação de medidas desencarceradoras, a partir das narrativas de vivências das próprias mulheres. Foram problematizados alguns obstáculos enfrentados na pesquisa empírica, bem como experiências das mulheres dentro e fora das prisões, referentes ao exercício da maternidade, convivência com o filho, desassistência estatal e consequências do aprisionamento. Este artículo presenta declaraciones de mujeres embarazadas o en período de lactancia que fueron sometidas a audiencias de prisión provisional y respondieron al proceso penal en libertad, ilustrando respuestas institucionales relativas a la fase prenatal, el parto y de posparto fuera del ámbito carcelario. Se analizaron algunos obstáculos encontrados en la investigación empírica, así como las vivencias de las mujeres dentro y fuera de las prisiones relativas al ejercicio de la maternidad, la convivencia con el hijo, la falta de asistencia estatal y las consecuencias del encarcelamiento. Palabras clave: Mujeres; maternidad; cárceles; arresto domiciliario; audiencia de prisión provisional
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