Behind bars: the burden of being a woman in Brazilian prisons

• Auteurs principaux: Priscila França de Araújo (Auteur), Ligia Regina Franco Sansigolo Kerr (Auteur), Carl Kendall (Auteur), George W. Rutherford (Auteur), David W. Seal (Auteur), Roberto da Justa Pires Neto (Auteur), Patrícia Neyva da Costa Pinheiro (Auteur), Marli Teresinha Gimeniz Galvão (Auteur), Larissa Fortunato Araújo (Auteur), Francisco Marto Leal Pinheiro (Auteur), Ana Zaira da Silva (Auteur)
• Format: Livre
• Publié: BMC, 2020-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Sujets: article
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Abstract Background Brazil has the third largest prison population in the world. In 2016, the female prison population totaled 42,000, an increase of 656% over the population recorded in the early 2000s. The objective of this study was to describe the socialeconomic and reproductive health of women...