Corpos-denúncia: egressas do sistema prisional e suas escrevivências

Abstract

This research analyzes the Brazilian penal system from the perspective of the intersectionality of race, gender, and class. The aim is to understand how the penal system contributes to the genocide of the black population, especially black women. The critique extends to contemporary criminologies, such as critical and feminist criminology, which play an essential role in revealing the importance of other knowledge to fill the gaps in these sciences. In this way, the research aims to understand, from the epistemological crossroads of racism and sexism, how these social markers have permeated the formation of the penal system, generating a continuum of violence against black women and relegating them to a social non-place. The study highlights the actualization of the Brazilian penal system in promoting the genocide of the black population, specifically targeting black women, questioned by the crossroads of racism and sexism. The research is based on the writings of women who have left the prison system, collected through interviews with those linked to the Salvador Social Office, an agency of the State of Bahia. By breaking with the hegemonic discourse, the research seeks to understand the penal system from the concrete experience of those who have lived through it, exploring the narratives and theories elaborated by women who have survived the prison system. The aim is to understand how, since the colonial period, the penal system has orchestrated a logic of control over women's bodies, at the same time as black women have always been challenging this system in a logic of resistance.