El hacinamiento carcelario y su incidencia en la vulneración sistemática de los derechos fundamentales de las personas privadas de la libertad en Ecuador

Abstract

Abstract: This research is focused on the analysis of the Ecuadorian prison crisis, and above all, how fundamental rights are violated in the current prison environment with emphasis on the problem of overcrowding. In Ecuador, the prison system was germinating in a precarious, unequal way and preserving remnants of institutions previously managed for charity and repression. The problem of overcrowding in penitentiary centers is extremely serious if one considers that the accommodation capacity reaches only 30,169, it has been determined that the level of penitentiary overcrowding in numerical terms is equivalent to 21.31%, the nominal capacity declared by the State would be based solely on in the number of beds, and would not correspond to the actual accommodation capacity. The urgency of applying strategies focused on addressing the structural problems that afflict the National System of Social Rehabilitation of Ecuador has become evident. In consideration of the crisis that the Ecuadorian penitentiary system is experiencing today, it has motivated this evaluative study in terms of the legal mechanism in order to propose the adoption of measures to promote the construction of a public policy of social rehabilitation.