RETIREMENT SCHOOL: THE BIRTH OF FEMALE PRISON IN BRAZIL

Abstract

The objective of this work will be to present the birth of the female prison in Brazil through the case study of the Escola da Reforma, in order to verify the conditions that contributed to the emergence of the Escola de Reforma as a prison model administered by the congregation of nuns of Bom Pastor. Therefore, the sources that support this research were multiple. The methodology used was document analysis through qualitative research of content and discourse analysis. The work will analyze the birth of the female prison from its moral oppressors – Church, State and society – who sought to draw a behavior profile for women in that context in an attempt to exclude deviant behavior from society. It is concluded that since the birth of the first women's prison in Brazil, State, society and church have been agents who have shaped behaviors in order to determine roles for women, dressed up with the idea of ​​doing good through “resocialization and preservation of morals”.