ABSENCE OF ASSISTANCE FOR THE PREGNANT WOMAN IN PRISON

This qualitative research aimed to describe the experience of pregnant women in the prison system, between August and September 2011. Semi-structured interviews were held with 9 women; content analysis was used, from which a central category emerged – The experience of women in prison during the gestational period and the three thematic categories; this excerpt presents The absence of health care for the imprisoned pregnant woman. The study revealed that the situation lived through and experienced by the pregnant women held in the Prison System is delicate, given that the institution has no health service with doctors or nurses to monitor these women.