Conjugal Visits in the Context of Incarceration of Women and Girls in the State of Bahia, Brazil: Permissions, Prohibitions and (In)Visibilities

• Main Authors: Natasha Maria Wangen Krahn, Jalusa Silva de Arruda, Jussara Carneiro Costa
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law 2020-04-01
• Series: Oñati Socio-Legal Series
• Subjects: prison system; socio-educational system; incarcerated women; conjugal visitation; sexuality; sistema penitenciario; sistema socioeducativo; mujeres encarceladas; visita conyugal; sexualidad
• Online Access: http://opo.iisj.net/index.php/osls/article/view/1125
• ISSN: 2079-5971

This article analyzes the guarantee of the right to conjugal visits in contexts of incarceration for women and adolescent girls in a prison and in a socio-educational incarceration institution in the state of Bahia (Brazil). As exploratory research, the objective of this article is to understand how the right to conjugal visits is guaranteed (or not), the perceptions about this right, the difficulties for its fulfillment and the intersections with strategies of body control and sexuality of adult women and adolescents who are deprived of their liberty. Based on data obtained from literature review, documentary analysis and interviews with part of the staff at the incarceration institutions, it is possible to grasp the perceptions about the right to conjugal visitation by incarcerated women and adolescent girls, and the peculiarities of its implementation given gender specificities. <br /><br /> Este art&iacute;culo analiza la garant&iacute;a del derecho a las visitas conyugales en contextos de encarcelamiento de mujeres y adolescentes en una prisi&oacute;n y en una instituci&oacute;n de encarcelamiento socioeducativa en el estado de Bah&iacute;a (Brasil). Como investigaci&oacute;n exploratoria, el objetivo de este art&iacute;culo es comprender c&oacute;mo se garantiza (o no) el derecho a las visitas conyugales, las percepciones sobre este derecho, las dificultades para su cumplimiento y las intersecciones con estrategias de control corporal y sexualidad de mujeres adultas y adolescentes privadas de libertad. A trav&eacute;s de los datos obtenidos de la revisi&oacute;n de la literatura, el an&aacute;lisis documental y las entrevistas con parte del personal de las instituciones de encarcelamiento, es posible comprender las percepciones sobre el derecho a las visitas conyugales de mujeres y adolescentes encarceladas y las peculiaridades de su implementaci&oacute;n dadas las especificidades de g&eacute;nero.<br /><br /> <strong>Available from: </strong><a href="https://doi.org/10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1052" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1052</a>