Privatización del Sistema Penitenciario y Carcelario en Colombia
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2022
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Vargas Reales, Sulay Milena
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Ediciones Universidad Simón Bolívar
Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales
Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales
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El sistema penitenciario y carcelario en Colombia, se encuentra rodeado de circunstancias que no son óptimas para el proceso resocializador de los condenados, ni para el fin preventivo de las medidas de aseguramiento, ello producto de factores como el hacinamiento, insuficiencia en la infraestructura y en las condiciones de salubridad e higiene, falta de servicios asistenciales de salud, falta de oportunidades para la redención de la pena y precarias condiciones de los sistemas sanitarios, que los obliga a vivir en un entorno indigno e inhumano, afectando gravemente el bienestar de los reclusos dada la desmejora en su calidad de vida, vulnerándose así los derechos humanos que les asisten.
Ello, al no ser suficiente el esfuerzo estatal direccionado a disminuir la población privada de la libertad, a partir de la aplicación de subrogados penales, entre otras políticas de estado; lo cual ha suscitado la intervención de la Corte constitucional, quien en diferentes ocasiones, a través de sentencias de tutela ha declarado el estado de cosas contrario a la Constitución de 1991 del sistema penitenciario y carcelario. Así mismo, informes por parte de la Defensoría dan cuenta y estudios de diferentes autores dan cuenta del crítico estado del sistema.
Por consiguiente, se hace necesario estudiar la privatización del sistema penitenciario y carcelario, como una solución parcial para responder a la situación actual, medida que ha sido aplicada en diferentes Estados de la región, tales como como Estados Unidos, Chile, Perú, entre otros, que han presentado situaciones similares de hacinamiento y condiciones degradantes para los reclusos en los centros penitenciarios, obteniendo diferentes resultados entre los que se hace necesario revisar su viabilidad en el cumplimiento de los fines propuestos.
The penitentiary and prison system in Colombia is surrounded by circumstances that are not optimal for the resocialization process of the condemned, nor for the preventive purpose of the security measures, this is the product of factors such as overcrowding, insufficient infrastructure and health and hygiene conditions, lack of health care services, lack of opportunities for redemption of sentence and precarious conditions of health systems, which forces them to live in an undignified and inhuman environment, seriously affecting the well-being of inmates given the deterioration in their quality of life, thus violating the human rights that assist them. This, since the state effort aimed at reducing the population deprived of liberty, based on the application of criminal surrogates, among other state policies, is not sufficient; which has led to the intervention of the Constitutional Court, who on different occasions, through tutela rulings, has declared the state of affairs contrary to the 1991 Constitution of the penitentiary and prison system. Likewise, reports by the Ombudsman give an account and studies by different authors give an account of the critical state of the system. Therefore, it is necessary to study the privatization of the penitentiary and prison system, as a partial solution to respond to the current situation, a measure that has been applied in different States of the region, such as the United States, Chile, Peru, among others. , which have presented similar situations of overcrowding and degrading conditions for inmates in penitentiary centers, obtaining different results among which it is necessary to review their viability in fulfilling the proposed purposes.
The penitentiary and prison system in Colombia is surrounded by circumstances that are not optimal for the resocialization process of the condemned, nor for the preventive purpose of the security measures, this is the product of factors such as overcrowding, insufficient infrastructure and health and hygiene conditions, lack of health care services, lack of opportunities for redemption of sentence and precarious conditions of health systems, which forces them to live in an undignified and inhuman environment, seriously affecting the well-being of inmates given the deterioration in their quality of life, thus violating the human rights that assist them. This, since the state effort aimed at reducing the population deprived of liberty, based on the application of criminal surrogates, among other state policies, is not sufficient; which has led to the intervention of the Constitutional Court, who on different occasions, through tutela rulings, has declared the state of affairs contrary to the 1991 Constitution of the penitentiary and prison system. Likewise, reports by the Ombudsman give an account and studies by different authors give an account of the critical state of the system. Therefore, it is necessary to study the privatization of the penitentiary and prison system, as a partial solution to respond to the current situation, a measure that has been applied in different States of the region, such as the United States, Chile, Peru, among others. , which have presented similar situations of overcrowding and degrading conditions for inmates in penitentiary centers, obtaining different results among which it is necessary to review their viability in fulfilling the proposed purposes.
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Dignidad humana, Establecimiento carcelario, Hacinamiento, Libertad, Privatización, Human dignity, Prison establishment, Overcrowding, Freedom, Privatization
