Direitos das mulheres negras e o sistema penitenciário cearense

Abstract

The women's prison policy of Ceará reveals not only the common precariousness of the Brazilian correctional system as a set of disabilities in terms of ensuring female rights. Those violations harm human dignity and idiosyncrasies of feminine condition, resulting in misogynist abuses, cultural peculiarities in Brazilian’s society. To discuss this issue and pursue improvements to the women situation at the Instituto Penal Feminino Desembargadora Auri Moura Costa, the "Black Women: Breaking the bonds of new chains "project emerged from the Instituto Negra do Ceará (INEGRA). Through visits to the penitentiary and via monitoring judicial processes, the project was able to mitigate some of the main needs of incarcerated women. At the end, it was possible, to realize how fragile the female penal system of Ceará is and how it needs to be re-evaluated and better planned to ensure the full realization of human rights for those who are prisoners.