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SANHUEZA, Guillermo; BRANDER, Francisca  y  REISER, Lauren. Incarcerated women in Chile. Quality of life in prison and intervention needs. Rev. Cien. Soc. [online]. 2019, vol.32, n.45, pp.119-145.  Epub 01-Dic-2019. ISSN 0797-5538.  https://doi.org/10.26489/rvs.v32i45.5.

In this article we analyze the situation of incarcerated women in Chile and their intervention needs, based on a combination of quantitative data with qualitative interviews conducted in a women's prison in Santiago. Most of them were mothers (89%); and many had faced traumatic situations such as domestic violence (47%) or sexual abuse in childhood or adolescence (26%). They declared to have more problems of coexistence with other inmates than their male counterparts, though fewer conflicts with authorities; less access to work and sports programs; greater access to psychosocial, cultural and school leveling programs. The interviews tell stories of exclusion and accumulated disadvantage, abuse of substances and self-destructive behaviors. We conclude that there is limited capacity of the penitentiary system to accommodate the specific needs of imprisoned women.

Palabras clave : prison; Chile; female inmates; needs; intervention; cumulative disadvantage.

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