Consecuencias del empleo de Fuerzas Armadas en el control de los centros penitenciarios

Abstract

Abstract: This article analyzes the legal, social, and criminological impediments to the use of the Armed Forces in the control of prisons in Ecuador. Based on a documentary study and a review of current constitutional and legal norms, the consequences of this measure on internal security, the human rights of incarcerated individuals, and prison administration are examined. The article concludes that, while military intervention has temporarily contributed to reducing violence within prisons, it has also generated institutional tensions, limitations on social rehabilitation, and a militarization of prison security that contradicts the principle of exceptionality established in the Constitution.