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At the heart of women's prisons
Audio 48:30
Is the daily life of women in prison different from that of men?
© Photo by de-an sun from unsplash
By: Emmanuelle Bastide
1 min
Prison is a man's world.
In 2020, just over 700,000 women were incarcerated according to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) for a prison population of more than 90% male.
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A situation that penalizes these women and makes them invisible, in France, only two establishments are entirely dedicated to them: the penitentiary center for women in Rennes and the remand center for women in Versailles.
Most often, they are therefore detained in specific sections within men's prisons.
Who are these women in prison?
Is their daily life different from that of men?
Between violence, recidivism and reintegration, what are the possible paths for a female prisoner?
With :
Marie-Annick Horel
, former prison guard at the Rennes penitentiary center, the only one in France exclusively reserved for women.
co-author of
At the heart of the women's prison – my life as a supervisor (editions tallandier, 2022)
Maria Poblete
, journalist, co-author of
At the heart of women's prison – my life as a supervisor (tallandier editions, 2022)
An interview with
Gwendolina Duval
, RFI correspondent in Mexico, on the precariousness of women in prison in Mexico.
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Zonzon
– Bams
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A woman in prison
– Stomy Bugsy
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