LIVING AND HEALTH CONDITIONS OF INCARCERED WOMEN IN THE PUBLIC WOMEN'S PRISON OF SÃO VICENTE/SP

The present project aims to understand the daily challenges faced by 
incarcerated women and the factors that led them to this situation. Due to the nature of 
this study, a qualitative research was chosen, with an exploratory and comprehensive 
approach to the phenomenon studied, seeking to grasp the characteristics of a particular 
social group or phenomenon, as well as to understand their opinions, beliefs, and 
attitudes (Gil, 1995). Thus, the qualitative approach is justified to meet the objectives of 
the research that will be conducted at the 2nd Police Station of São Vicente, with five 
inmates through semi-structured interviews. The results was be analyzed in light of the 
theoretical framework used and the proposed objectives.