Images of Women’s Prisons: illustrations in the Só Isso! newspaper

Abstract

The newspaper – Só Isso! – made by the in mates of the Talavera Bruceprison in Rio de Janeiro is the source for this research, the main object of this work is to analyze on the importance of some of their images, since by this we can make more sense of their writings.This method of observation based on both the illustrations and writings made inside, allow us to have abetter understand of the inmate's life, also giving a voice for their attempts to dialog their inner thoughts with the outside world.