Encarceramento feminino: por uma penalização atenta às assimetrias de gênero

Abstract

This work makes a critical reflection on female imprisonment in Brazil through a theoretical and quantified study on the brazilian female prison population, prisons, and a gender approach in criminal judicial decisions. Due to the increasing numbers of women incarcerated, there has been a need for an approach that compares the increase in female crime rates with the gender disparities that place women in a position of social vulnerability.. For this, the data of the INFOPEN Women, standards of protection for the imprisoned woman and the feminist criminology were listed to provide an adequate analysis of the situation. The result is that mass incarceration is a reflection of the patriarchal culture that impedes the social ascent of women in the social sphere and invisibilises gender asymmetries in the legal context, which is also used as an instrument of domination. The study serves as a basis for proposals for criminal law and for female deprivation.