Abstract

PAGES, Gabriela. Maternidad vulnerada y disciplinamiento en prisión: interrupción forzosa del vínculo materno-filial. El caso de las mujeres etiquetadas como «malas madres» en la Unidad 31 del Servicio Penitenciario Federal de Ezeiza. Delito soc. [online]. 2022, vol.31, n.54, pp.10-13. ISSN 0328-0101.  http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.14409/dys.2022.54.e0071.

This article explores the cases of forced interruption of the maternal-child bond of incarcerated women in Unit 31 of the Federal Penitentiary Service that occurred between April 2014 and April 2019. Some questions that we are trying to answer are: How do these cases affect the population of incarcerated mothers with their children? Why in some cases the daily bond between the imprisoned mother and her child is interrupted at an early stage, if current legislation allows children up to 4 years old to stay with their mothers in prison? The objectives of the research were approached from a qualitative strategy using the case study method, from the survey of files and interviews carried out with victims of this practice and specialists on the subject. These cases may function as a discipline and threat technique for the rest of the population of women incarcerated with their children. At the same time, the devices and knowledge that operate on certain families and childhoods are analyzed, in order to explore the role of the State in cases of institutionalization, relocation and adoptability of children -turned into «minors»- of imprisoned women labeled «bad mothers».

Keywords : discipline; prison; motherhood; gender; interruption of maternal-child bond.

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