Mulheres Aprisionadas, por Tráfico de Drogas, em Feira de Santana, Bahia: perfis, contextos e trajetórias criminais de mulheres do interior

Abstract

This research had as interlocutors the women arrested and convicted for the crime of drug trafficking, and who are serving time in the Penal Complex of Feira de Santana - BA. This choice was basically due to the progressive increase in the number of women in prison across the country. This implies the need to uncover this universe, in order to understand the motivations for the increase in the imprisonment of women, most of them black, arrested for different levels of involvement with drug trafficking. The research seeks to understand how women imprisoned for drug trafficking understand their stories and life trajectory until prison. It seeks to understand women's vulnerability to how family ties can be related to imprisonment for drug trafficking. And finally, it is intended to analyze how the profile of women incarcerated for drug trafficking allows indications of policies aimed at assisting these women. From the methodological point of view, the research adopted a qualitative and quantitative perspective, analyzing the medical records of 18 incarcerated women who are serving a provisional or definitive sentence and the interview of 07 women convicted of drug trafficking. Data analysis and discussion were subdivided into the following steps: analysis of social data related to imprisonment, analysis of family history before incarceration, analysis of family ties after incarceration, and future family perspective of the inmates. The survey identified the profile of the women interviewed, most of them young, working in the informal market, all interviewees declared themselves to be black, most had incomplete primary education, are mothers and only two declared themselves to be single. With regard to religion, the majority stated that they did not have it, but that they attended all religions. They are women from the interior of Bahia, arrested for the crime of drug trafficking, serving time in a closed regime.