Crimes e cárceres femininos: Perspectivas de visitantes

This paperis an attempt to understand the prison visitors’ perspectives on crimes attributed imprisoned women and places of female confinement. In this ethnography conducted in two prisons, we note that many interlocutors tend justify imprisonment by linking them a “thug” partner. There were no mentions committed for family sustenance, which is out step with recent literature imprisonment. From narratives, arrested similar are placed prisons very different means control punishment.