Expectativas pós-cárcere de mulheres privadas de liberdade

Abstract

Social inequalities become exceedingly clear when analyzing the profile of women inmates in Brazil. The life story of these women, for the most part, includes poverty and violence, which discloses that the penal system is very selective. It prioritizes the incarceration of certain crimes and populations: young, black, low educated, and who had some relation with drug trafficking. When released from the prison system, these women face great difficulties in social reintegration, especially regarding work. They have to join the most precarious occupations due to their low professional qualifications and their ex-convict condition. Ultimately, living in prison means multiple forms of violence, resulting in harm to health and worse expectations for life. In this context, the government should urgently implement public policies related to assuring better after-prison living conditions, which would reduce re-entry. All in all, this research aims to assess the expectations of the female inmates on life after prison, specifically about health and work. The women at the Eliane Betti Female Annex of José Edson Cavalieri Penitentiary (PJEC), in Juiz de Fora, have shared they have poor beliefs for when they are released. On method, this is a crosssectional epidemiological study with 99 of these women. Data collection happened between September 2019 and February 2020 through semi-structured questions and standardized scales. For data analysis, this research manipulated Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 15.0, with a significance level of 5%. A theoretical model of determination with three hierarchical blocks of variables evaluated the factors associated with the outcome. The Chi-square test (χ2) estimated crude prevalence ratios adjusted by Poisson regression. The final adjusted model showed that post-prison expectation in relation to health condition was associated with self-rated health (PR: 6.14; 95% CI: 2.27-16.60). Negative postprison expectations about working conditions were associated with negative postprison expectations regarding personal life (PR: 7.65; 95% CI: 2.82-20.79) and standard of living (PR: 7.30; 95% CI: 2.91-18.32). In conclusion, the associations in this study demonstrate how important it is to focus on good policies for health and work in order to achieve better future post-incarceration conditions.