Abstract
The penitentiary system works as a reflection on several historical issues inherent in the formation of Brazilian society. One of these questions refers to the patriarchal ways in which gender relations have been established in the country. In this sense, based on the relevance of this reality, psychology needs to investigate the female prison system in the light of the theoretical production about gender relations. This study aims to comparatively analyze the National Survey of Women Penitentiary Information (Infopen Women) of 2014 and 2018 with the purpose of mapping and problematizing issues and challenges relevant to psychological research. For this purpose, the documentary analysis is used as a valid resource for researching public devices, and the theoretical essay, as a practice of analysis that seeks to unveil new knowledge about a given reality. It is pointed out that there is a context in the female prison system marked by the aggravation of the chronic problems common to the male, due to the invisibility of the feminine specificities. It is noted that the profile of incarcerated women is seen as an intersectional issue, since the vast majority are black, poor, single mothers, who entered the crime through subaltern functions in trafficking. It is problematic that attenuators of prison life, such as educational development and work activities, are underused, articulating this problem with repercussions on the psychological dimension of the victims. Lastly, it is pointed out that the Infopen reveal several challenges for the research in psychology, provoking that the scientific community can develop new researches in this field of investigation and practice.
Prison System; Gender Relations; Psychology