Vidas em cárcere: os desafios e a vulnerabilidade social enfrentados pela população carcerária LGBTI+ de Vitória da Conquista – BA

Abstract

This article discusses prison, pointing out the challenges faced by a portion of the LGBTI+ population during the sentence execution phase, and how prison intensifies the state of social vulnerability of this group. Through a literature review, aspects such as gender and sexuality, imprisonment and prejudice will be addressed, expanding the study on prison and its implications on the imprisoned LGBTI+ population. And, to support this discussion, statistical data needed to be obtained by a two-phase data collection process, in each of the city’s prison facilities, which are the focus of this study. The objective of this article, in a nutshell, is to clarify, at first, the socioeconomic profile of these prisoners; and, afterwards, to point out how the prison system affects this community in a more emphasized way, and how the imprisoned LGBTI+ population deals with issues of gender and sexuality inside the city’s prison facilities. The conclusion is that the city's imprisoned LGBTI+ population is made up of young black, poor, and uneducated people. In addition, all of them have suffered some type of violence (physical, moral or psychological), inside and outside of prison, in the family environment or in social coexistence.