Crimen organizado y crisis penitenciaria en Ecuador del año 2017 al 2025: Análisis de su interrelación y propuestas de política criminal

Abstract

Abstract: The purpose of this thesis is to analyze the interrelationship between organized crime and the prison crisis in Ecuador, primarily understanding how both phenomena are mutually interconnected, as well as the implications this has for public safety, governance, and the legitimacy of the State. We will analyze this phenomenon from a criminological, social, and legal perspective, especially promoting comprehensive and preventative criminal policies that move beyond purely repressive solutions that disregard the human rights of incarcerated individuals and their successful reintegration into society. We must consider not only the crisis of prison violence itself, which has reached unprecedented levels in the country's history, but also its direct connection to the strengthening of criminal networks that find in detention centers the opportunity to transform them into centers of operation and expansion for their network of illicit activities. We must look beyond the symptoms of prison violence and address the true structural causes, thus understanding the logic of organized crime within the Ecuadorian context.