Mujeres tras las rejas: El costo humano de las actuales políticas sobre drogas en las Américas

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Mujeres tras las rejas: El costo humano de las actuales políticas sobre drogas en las Américas

26 junio 2015

WOLA ha creado un ensayo fotográfico para mostrar el costo humano de las actuales políticas sobre drogas en las Américas. Las fotografías presentan las historias de cuatro mujeres, cada una de las cuales brinda una percepción singular y aguda al profundamente preocupante ciclo de pobreza, participación en delitos de poca monta, encarcelamiento y reincidencia en el cual con demasiada frecuencia se ven empujadas las mujeres. Más información, en inglés, está disponible abajo.

Across Latin America, the effects of disproportionate punishment for low-level, non-violent drug offenses are particularly severe for women. To shed light on this issue, WOLA has created a photo essay to show the human cost of current drug policies in the Americas. The photos tell the stories of four women, each providing a unique insight into the deeply troubling cycle of poverty, low-level involvement, imprisonment, and recidivism into which women are too often pushed.

Over 90 percent of the women incarcerated at Costa Rica's Buen Pastor prison have more than three children. Providing for those children while they are behind bars can prove difficult, if not impossible. The following women are all serving reduced sentences there for having admitted their involvement in the drug market. Their stories were chosen because they are representative of the profiles often seen in women incarcerated across the hemisphere.

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