Phenomenology of lived experience of convicted women in the employment workshop of Tehran Women's Penitentiary

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• ahmad rahro khajeh ¹
• feyzollah norozi ²
• tallieh khademian ³
• zahra moshir estekhareh ²

¹ Ph.D. in Sociology, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, North Tehran Branch, Azad University, Tehran, Iran

² Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, North Tehran Branch, Azad University, Tehran, Iran

³ . Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, North Tehran Branch, Azad University, Tehran, Iran

10.30495/jzvj.2024.27713.3592

Abstract

Vocational training and employment of criminals is one of the most widely used programs in prisons for re-socialization, correction and rehabilitation. The purpose of this study is a sociological analysis of the narratives of female prisoners working in vocational training and employment units. The method of this research is a qualitative phenomenological study that was conducted using a semi-structured interview. The samples include 16 women who were convicted and were in prison during the months of October to March 2017, which was obtained by using theoretical saturation in determining the sample size and snowball sampling method. Narrative analysis was used to analyze the data obtained from in-depth interviews. Findings show that female prisoners mentioned the most important motivation for attending employment units with categories such as avoiding the monotony of attendance in rooms and daily discipline, using benefits such as visits and telephone calls and leave. In conclusion, this study states that in order to re-socialize female prisoners, pay attention to the talents and creativity of prisoners and generally design programs from the bottom up and pay wages according to labor law and ensuring government support after release, are topics that are ignored by the respondents during the employment of prisoners

Keywords

• lived experience
• re-socialization
• women prisoners
• employment and vocational training

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