Mulheres gestantes e lactantes privadas de liberdade no presídio Auri Moura Costa (CE).

Abstract

The present investigation aims to understand the situation of pregnant and lactating women deprived of liberty and their babies from Ceará, based on the data disclosed in the 2018 Statistical Report prepared by the National Council of Justice and the daily reality of the Prison Unit Auro Moura Costa, located in Fortaleza- EC. The methodological paths of the study, at first, turned to the understanding of the reality of women deprived of liberty and their incarcerated babies, based on the research carried out by the complete Statistical Report (2018) (BRASIL, 2018) and, later on. , data were collected from a Public Defender with experience and knowledge about the dynamics of incarceration of women detainees in the aforementioned prison unit, through a structured interview. Data were interpreted in light of documents, legislation and literature on the subject. The findings revealed the harsh reality of mothers and babies in that prison, which translates into a humanized space, but which reveals the inadequate reality for mothers and their children, who are subjects of fundamental rights and guarantees, to be there. The rights to health, food, housing, leisure and others cannot be enjoyed by incarcerated mothers and their babies in that space of restrictions and impossibilities. Breastfeeding is highlighted – the right of women and children, notably -; the right to integral development, which presupposes movement, play, adequate stimuli, as rights that cannot be experienced in that prison environment. Therefore, it is necessary that the criminal execution policies of women consider the reality of house arrest for women mothers in prison, asserting the rights of these women and their children.