Women mass encarceration on drug trafficking in Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: Cordazzo, Karine
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Ramos Lopes, Adrielly
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Emancipação (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://revistas.uepg.br/index.php/emancipacao/article/view/15458
• topic: Encarceramento feminino; Tráfico de drogas; Seletividade penal; Female Incarceration. Drug Trafficking. Criminal Selectivity.

The present investigation intends to show how the Brazilian prison population has been increasing substantially during the last years, especially about women, who are the hardest hit by Law 11.343/06, the new Drug Law. Thus, we sought to list the main reasons that led them into drug trafficking, as well as their sociodemographic profile and their participation in this illegal trade. In addition, a brief critical analysis about the Drug Law will be exposed, notably due to the penal selectivity imbricated in its provisions. Thus, we also investigate the conditions of prisons in relation to their infrastructure, which is not appropriate for the female body, which has several specificities that international human rights treaties and constitutional principles aim to protect. To achieve the goal, the research methodology is based on a bibliographical and documentary review, developed through a survey of books, scientific articles, as well as the analysis of international human rights treaties and the Constitution of the Republic of 1988.