Methodological Path of Empirical Research on Female Incarceration.

Abstract

his article presents the methodological approach of a master's dissertation on female incarceration, with an emphasis on punitive burden during the Covid-19 pandemic in the State Modular Penitentiary of Ijuí, located in the northwest region of Rio Grande do Sul. The empirical investigation was conducted using qualitative and quantitative approaches, pointing out how to extract information from institutions committed to shielding institutional violence while overcoming the methodological challenges imposed by the pandemic context. With a theoretical basis grounded in an intersectional perspective on penal selection and its implications, the text addresses the methods and methodologies employed in the investigation. The results are briefly presented and indicate the disregard for normative acts concerning the rights of women deprived of their liberty during the pandemic and, consequently, the worsening of the conditions of adapted incarceration in a male penitentiary.