Aplicación de los derechos humanos en el ámbito penitenciario del Ecuador.

Abstract

On the prison situation of Ecuador in the past years is evident that repression formulas are follow instead of rehabilitation ones. The climate at which the incarcerated people are exposed, is oppressive and the overcrowding is a generator of violence. Assassination is so common that people in general are indifferent to it. Is imperative to make the legal reforms and substitutions that are required in an urgent way since, with the increase of the incarcerated population in Ecuador, crime increases also. Rehabilitation is a right for those who are in prison. Health, education and work are the mechanisms by which these people could be reinserted into our societies as productive ones. We compare our prison reality against two different models, one; from Uruguay where a transforming process had begun, and even though is far for being efficient denotes the social and political will of this country for the incarcerated people to have the benefits of their rights. The other model is from Holland, where a paradox is happening; jails are getting empty.