Qualidade de vida entre agentes da Penitenciária Feminina Ana Maria do Couto May/Mato Grosso

Abstract

The present study had as objective to know the reality of the work developed in the Ana Maria do Couto May Penitentiary and its implications in the Quality of Life, through an exploratory study based on the analysis of the sociodemographic, occupational characteristics and health behavior of the agents Penitentiaries who work in this unit on a 24/72 hour shift. For the collection of data, two questionnaires were used, one sociodemographic and one quality of life questionnaire, which gathered 26 participants. Among the results obtained, the most outstanding were the low professional appreciation of these servers, which are poorly understood and understood, insecurity in the performance of their tasks in the work routine, lack of safety equipment at work, great dissatisfaction with The perception of quality of life, little incentive on the part of the secretary to practice physical activities in the prison units as a way to minimize stress / tension during the shift. It is concluded that, not being able to fulfill their public function of supervising / re-socializing the prison population, these studied servants feel devalued professionally, without adequate physical conditions of work and with low quality of life.