Cemitério dos vivos: análise sociológica de uma prisão de mulheres

Abstract

A pioneer work both within social sciences approaches on prison environments and about the issue of female inmates in those environments, Julita Lemgruber's "Cemitério dos Vivos" (The Cemetery of the Living) brings us important reflections about social dynamics and processes that took place between 1976 and 1978 at Rio de Janeiro's Talavera Bruce Penitentiary. Having been the author's Sociology Master's Thesis at IUPERJ (Instituto Universitário de Pesquisas do Rio de Janeiro), the work is always up-to-date in the context of the penitentiary issue. Its value-still and exemplarily-aggregates a whole professional trajectory based on the committed and confident search for mitigating human suffering and abolishing the punishment of deprivation of freedom.

Methodological perspectives in Brazilian critical criminology: foundational guidelines and the mapping of its sources

“…Lengruber's pioneering work draws attention to how structural and institutional violence related to the incarceration of women constitutes a problem not yet addressed in the Brazilian prison system. Thus, in addition to marking a theoretical moment in Brazilian critical criminology by introducing intersectionality -that in itself evidences the value of the Lengruber's work -the methodology of her research is continually being applied (for example, Chies, 2005;Oliveira, 2020).…”

The Sentencing Principles of Equality and Proportionality from a Feminist Perspective: Exploring Positive Gender Discrimination at Sentencing

“…The feminist perspective has cast a new light on the problems faced by women in the criminal justice system all around the world. Relatively recent criminological studies point to various problems associated with the imprisonment of women (Bartels & Gaffney, 2011;Chies, 2005;Colares, 2011;Easteal, 2001;França, 2014;Granja et al, 2012;Helpes, 2012;Herbert, 1985;Jenness & Gerlinger, 2020;Lemgruber, 1983;Lima, 2013;Priori, 2011;Rowe, 2011;Samaranch et al, 2012;Santoro & Peeira, 2018;Thomaz et al, 2016), such as the inadequate conditions of prisons and gender violence (Federici et al, 2017;Lago, 2017;Rodrigues et al, 2012;Smith, 2006;Wolff et al, 2006, physical and mental health of prisoners (Lima, 2013), sociation and identity (Colares, 2011;Priori, 2011;Rowe, 2011), sexuality (Granja et al, 2012), issues related to pregnancy, prenatal care and childbirth in prison (Abbott et al, 2020;Ferszt & Clarke, 2012;Roth, 2010;Sufrin et al 2019), and the effects of motherhood inside prisons for women and their children (Dallaire et al, 2015;Epstein, 2014;Flynn, 2014;França, 2013;Hanlon et al, 2005;Leal et al, 2016;Macharia, 2021;Matos et al, 2019;…”

“…In prison, women suffer many deprivations because of the loss of freedom itself. In a pioneering work in Brazil, Lemgruber already reported in the early 1980s that female prisoners are deprived of material goods and services and of their own autonomy, sometimes being infantilized by security teams; they lose family life, getting fewer visits than male prisoners; it is common for them to suffer abandonment by husbands and partners; as a consequence, they lose the free exercise of sexuality, resorting to homosexual relationships inside the prison (Lemgruber, 1983).…”

Mulheres padeiras: o caso da panificadora escola da Penitenciária de Juiz de Fora/ MG

“…O encarceramento feminino compõe o processo de reprimir, encerrar e repreender às mulheres tanto no espaço público quanto no privado. Segundo Lemgruber apud Chies (2004), numa sociedade que é fruto de ideologia machista e patriarcal, a mulher presa é duplamente estigmatizada como transgressora, tanto na ordem social quanto no seu papel materno e familiar.…”