Women's Penitentiary Research Articles

The needs of being loved and loving among women prisoners in a women's penitentiary in Indonesia: A qualitative study

The problem faced by prisoners in correctional institutions is the limited space that can affect psychological conditions. The disorder is further aggravated by not fulfilling basic human needs, which are urgent to be met, such as love belonging need. However, prisoners experience seclusion from family. The purpose of this study is to explore the description of prisoners' self-care in fulfilling love and belonging needs. A qualitative method with a phenomenological approach was used in this study involved six participants. Compliment of prisoners' picture of life on the needs of being loved and love can be described in the category of feelings, hopes, and visits. The inmates feel sad and disappointed, they hope to fix their family ties and waiting for the family visit to complement their needs of being loved and loving.

Self-Narrative, the Law, and Garden Spaces in Sylvaine Dampierre's Un Enclos

Garden spaces have long occupied imaginations as sites and sources of self-narrative at the same time as they have served as historical spaces of criminal rehabilitation. However, representations of gardens that bridge these apparently binary conceptions of agency and coercion are scarce. This article examines the correlation between gardens, the law, and self-narrative that runs throughout Sylvaine Dampierre's 1999 documentary Un Enclos in the aim of broadening how women's self-narrative can be understood. It argues that the juridical framework that shapes the socio-historical contexts of the garden in the Rennes women penitentiary in Un Enclos also determines the forms of self-narrative that occur in this space. This article thus reads the garden space of the prison through the lens of feminist approaches to self- and women's prison narratives, and through Foucault's formulation of disciplinary power. This garden space, far from representing a simple metaphor of renewal, should be recognized instead as a manifestation of power that mirrors the social and historical constraints that delimit subjectivity. From this perspective, the semiotics of gardens provide a valuable map for navigating the complicated landscape of self-narrative.

URGENSI LAYANAN KONSELING BAGI WANITA BINAAN (STUDI DI LEMBAGA PEMASYARAKATAN KELAS III SIGLI)

Providing counseling services for assisted women in LP is a very important thing. Problems faced by women in Class III LP Sigli, such as feeling depressed because they are far away from their children, husband and family, and so forth. So in this study, researchers focus on why counseling services are very important to be provided, how the form of counseling services and the effectiveness of the implementation of counseling services for women in prison in Class III prisons Sigli. This qualitative research collected data using observation, interview and documentation methods. The results of the study found that psychological problems of household life of fostered residents in Sigli Class III Correctional Institution are unhealthy mental conditions of fostered residents such as anxiety, anxiety, feelings of guilt and regret, and because of losing various important things in his life, especially those related to his family while they served their sentences at the Penitentiary. Handling of psychological problems in the lives of fostered households is adjusted to the guidance of Islamic teachings by paying attention to the problems faced by clients. Handling is done by helping clients increase their knowledge, understanding and practice of religion and try to involve the counselor from outside, such as the cleric or teungku to fill routine recitals or lectures that are able to arouse the spirit of life and comfort after participating in the study. Counseling services have been done well and maximally at Sigli Class III Women's Penitentiary and of course it can be said to be running effectively, even though there are still some technical obstacles in its implementation. But in general, can be said to be effective.Keywords: Counseling, Assisted Women and Correctional Institutions.

Implementation of Remission For Female Prisoner as One of The Rights in The Correction System

T he purpose of this study was to find out about the implementation of remission of female prisoners in the Class II A Tangerang Women's Penitentiary and also to find out the obstacles to the implementation of remission against female prisoners in the Penitentiary. The method used in this study is normative and empirical legal research methods by collecting secondary data and primary data related to research problems. The results of the study indicate that remission is the right of prisoners to get a criminal reduction if during good coaching. Remission is the right of the prisoner if the person in question carries out acts such as doing services to the state and taking actions that are beneficial to the state or humanity, as well as committing acts that help the activities of the prison. There are several factors inhibiting remission in the Class II A Tangerang Women's Penitentiary, namely the difficulty of female inmates meeting the special requirements for the implementation of remission, which is paying fines and replacement money in accordance with court decisions .

The Impact of Counseling on the Improvement of Nutritional Knowledge and Physical Activities on Women Prisoners (A Study at Women Penitentiary Institution Class II A Semarang)

One of the factors that cause health problems is the lack of information about nutrition and physical activity. The study aims to determine the effect of counseling on changes in nutritional knowledge and physical activity on women prisoners in the Women Penitentiary Institution Class II A Semarang. This study used quasi-experimental with one group pre-test and post-test design. Intervention in the form of one-time counseling. Pre test and post test are done in one day. The sampling technique was using simple random sampling. The subjects were 50 women prisoners from common criminal offence cases. Data was analyzed by using Wilcoxson Signed Ranks Test. The results showed that most of the subjects had high school education level (80%). The mean of age, body weight, body height and body fat percentage were 34.5 ± 8.4 years old, 61.3 ± 9.0 kg, 154.4 ± 4.5 cm and 33.7 ± 47%. Body Mass Index of 44% subjects were type I obesity. Mid Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) of 94% subjects were normal. The median of knowledge score before counseling were 19 (15–21) and knowledge score after counseling were 20 (15–25). There was an average difference of knowledge of the subjects before and after intervention (p = 0.003). There was a correlation between education and knowledge of the subjects (p = 0.017). It is recommended for the penitentiary administrators to give education about nutrition and physical activity for the prisoners to increase their knowledge.

O giro punitivo na Penitenciária Feminina do Paraná: a internacionalização como possibilidade

O artigo apresenta os resultados obtidos de uma pesquisa elaborada no âmbito do PIBIC da PUCPR, em que objetivou-se definir a eficácia e identificar a possibilidade de incorporação, pelo aparato institucional brasileiro, dos instrumentos normativos nacionais e internacionais que garantem os direitos essenciais à dignidade de mulheres em privação de liberdade. Através de metodologia empírica, foram formulados instrumentos orientados a verificar o nível de observância, pela Penitenciária Feminina do Paraná, em relação às regras selecionadas. Apesar dos obstáculos para o fornecimento das informações, a pesquisa em fontes alternativas demonstrou que as regras, notadamente internacionais já existentes, não têm produzido eficácia suficiente para gerar mudanças no âmbito penitenciário

Eu, Prisioneira de Mim: Análise da Influência da Violência de Gênero na Inserção da Mulher no Mundo do Crime

O presente artigo aborda a condição de mulheres em situação de prisão, sob uma diferente perspectiva, através da análise do contexto em torno da criminalidade feminina, e não apenas da visualização do ato criminoso em si. O desenvolvimento deste trabalho, construído a partir dos métodos: teórico bibliográfico e qualitativo, pauta-se em coletas de dados oriundas de dois projetos realizados na Delegacia Especializada de Proteção à Criança e ao Adolescente em Aracaju/SE e na Penitenciária Feminina da Capital Paulista. Busca-se com a análise dos citados projetos, demonstrar a influência da violência de gênero na inserção das mulheres no “mundo do crime”.

Goncourt's Dream: Night Terrors in La Fille Élisa

Goncourt's novel opens in a courtroom where a prostitute known as "la fille Élisa" is sentenced to death. Book I retraces Élisa's life leading up to her crime. The daughter of a midwife and occasional abortionist, Élisa runs away from home at sixteen to prostitute herself, first in a quiet provincial brothel, then in various Parisian maisons de tolérance. At a brothel near the École Militaire, she meets a soldier named Tanchon who falls in love with her. At the beginning of Book II, Élisa's death sentence has been commuted to life in prison, and she is on her way to a women's penitentiary which enforces the rule of continuous silence. The second half of the novel describes Élisa's physical and mental deterioration. As Élisa reminisces about Tanchon, the reader finally understands that she murdered her lover in a fit of rage when he tried to rape her. In the epilogue, the narrator—presumably Edmond de Goncourt himself—is being shown around the penitentiary by the self-satisfied local prefect. At the end of the tour, Goncourt comes across a madwoman who is mute, blind, and paralyzed: she is none other than his own creation, "la fille Élisa."

Características, sintomas depressivos e fatores associados em mulheres encarceradas no Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil

The study's objective was to describe the socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of women inmates and verify the prevalence of depressive symptoms and hopelessness and drug and alcohol use, abuse, and addiction. The sample included 287 inmates at a Women's Penitentiary in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. The study design was quantitative and cross-sectional. According to the findings, the typical female inmate was single, young, had at least two children, had worked in the informal market, and had low social and/or economic status and incomplete primary schooling. There was a high prevalence of depressive symptoms and drug use, abuse, and addiction, but a low prevalence of symptoms of hopelessness. Various factors, especially linked to the participants' life history, were significantly associated with depressive symptoms.

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Incarcerated women as a group are particularly vulnerable to infections. The lack of public programs for prevention, early diagnosis, and treatment contribute to the increase in the incidence and prevalence of diseases in general and especially sexually transmitted diseases. This article aims to estimate the prevalence of infection by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), human papillomavirus (HPV), and syphilis among inmates at the Women's Penitentiary in the State capital of Sao Paulo, Brazil. All inmates were invited to participate in the study, which was divided into two stages: 1. STD/AIDS preventive workshops including interviews and 2. laboratory tests. The interview covered knowledge of STD/AIDS, risk behavior, and individual reproductive health history. A total of 262 women, with a mean age of 32.4 years and limited schooling, participated in more than one stage of the study. Prevalence rates were 14.5% for HIV, 16.3% for high-oncogenic-risk HPV probes, 4.8% for low-oncogenic-risk HPV probes, and 5.7% for syphilis. The authors conclude that STD/HIV constitute a serious health problem in the prison system, requiring urgent preventive measures.

HIV, HPV, and syphilis prevalence in a women's penitentiary in the city of São Paulo, 1997-1998

Incarcerated women as a group are particularly vulnerable to infections. The lack of public programs for prevention, early diagnosis, and treatment contribute to the increase in the incidence and prevalence of diseases in general and especially sexually transmitted diseases. This article aims to estimate the prevalence of infection by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), human papillomavirus (HPV), and syphilis among inmates at the Women's Penitentiary in the State capital of São Paulo, Brazil. All inmates were invited to participate in the study, which was divided into two stages: 1. STD/AIDS preventive workshops including interviews and 2. laboratory tests. The interview covered knowledge of STD/AIDS, risk behavior, and individual reproductive health history. A total of 262 women, with a mean age of 32.4 years and limited schooling, participated in more than one stage of the study. Prevalence rates were 14.5% for HIV, 16.3% for high-oncogenic-risk HPV probes, 4.8% for low-oncogenic-risk HPV probes, and 5.7% for syphilis. The authors conclude that STD/HIV constitute a serious health problem in the prison system, requiring urgent preventive measures.