Mother and son in the carcere: A systematic review

Abstract

Objective: analyze the scientific production about the mother and child relationship in the context of deprivation of liberty. Methodology: this is a systematic review of the literature, guided by the descriptors "mother-child relationship", "prisons", "newborn" and "child". Six databases were accessed from the Virtual Health Library and 13 articles that adhered to the theme and the inclusion criteria were selected. Results: after the analysis, three categories were outlined: experiencing motherhood in the hostile environment of the prison, mother-child relationship and bond formation in jail and psychic suffering of the separation of the binomial. Conclusion: the scientific production on the relationship between mother and child in the context of deprivation of liberty shows that greater attention is needed to the woman who experiences maternity in situations of deprivation of liberty, given that the prison environment has strong implications for the establishment of the mother-child relationship and for the formation of the bond in this binomial.