Direitos humanos e o sistema prisional : as mulheres transexuais e travestis egressas de estabelecimentos penais do Estado de Goiás e do Distrito Federal

Abstract

The present work had by scope investigate how transsexual women jailed in penal establishments of Federal District and State of Goiás served their sentences. A dialogue between decolonial, feminist, gender and queer theory thoughts had been set. After that, it was conducted an approach about brazilian prisional system and penal selectivity that take place in its environment and how sexual binarism in penal system give privilege to gender discrimination. For this purpose, a qualitative approach was indispensable. Therefore, five prisoners who recently came out from Federal District and Goiás penal establishments were interviewed; in addition, one lawyer who defended one of the inmates above was also interviewed. Beth Fernandes contribution in an interview session, as an activist and president of Transvestite,Transsexual and Transgender Association of Goiás, was essential to clarify human rights violation that take place in Goiás penal institutions. Thus, through collected statements it was possible to verify that women suffered gender violence, as well as they had not been allowed to use hormones and have access to femininity itens, since they were confined in male prison units. These women were constantly victims of verbal and physical aggression, besides being stopped on female identity daily maintenance on their transgender bodies. On the basis of bibliographical analysis performed and mainly through the interviewed women statements, it was observed that brazilian prison system is unprepared concerning transgender issues. It became an urgent matter the need of effective prison policies in this area in order to have transsexual and transvestites prisioners dignity and identity respected