Encarceramento feminino por tráfico de drogas e associação ao tráfico: um estudo realizado na Unidade Prisional Feminina de São Luís – MA (UPFEM)

Abstract

The purpose of this work is to analyze the profile of women prisoners in the Prison Women's Unit of São Luís – MA in order to understand the main motivations that led to the high incidence of women in the commission of drug related crimes, in particular, drug trafficking and the association with trafficking. For this, first we treated about female incarceration phenomenon in Brazil, through both a historical approach, as a statistical approach to the profile of incarcerated women currently in the country. Subsequently, a descriptive analysis of articles 33 and 35 of Law nº. 11.343/2006 was carried out to better understand the crimes of drug trafficking and trafficking association. Finally, the present research aimed at interviewing some of the prisoners of the Prison Women's Unit of São Luís - MA - UPFEM, in order to understand what were the profiles of those arrested, observing the criminal incidence of drug trafficking crime and trafficking association also revealed predominant among those arrested, as well as to understand the motivations that led these women to commit such criminal offenses.