Repensar el Sistema Carcelario Ecuatoriano frente a su crisis

Abstract

The study carried out in this research work focuses on an analysis of the recent context in the country prison system. Initially, it conducts a preliminary historical approach to the country's prisons. Subsequently, it lists and dissects several causes that have fueled and eventually led to the current crisis in the prison environment, emphasizing their normative, institutional, social, legislative, judicial, and political nature. Finally, in the last chapter, a proposal for restructuring the country's prison system is presented, understanding that the projection must reverse and address past and present problems focusing on the future. It advocates for responses at different levels, making clear that the response is not strictly confined to criminal law.