Necesidad de reforma de las medidas sustitutivas en el sistema punitivo ecuatoriano.

Abstract

The fundamental objective of criminal law is to stabilize and maintain a balance in the social relations of individuals. On the other hand, the penalty is the sanction applied for the commission of an atypical, unlawful conduct. Among the applicable sanctions is privation of freedom. Which in addition brings the figure of alternative measures, for those crimes that are punishable by imprisonment. However, for various reasons they cannot be served in prisons. Despite the existence of these alternative measures, the prison situation in Ecuador has been affected, in addition to the lack of internal policies, by the ineffective application of the alternative measures contemplated in the Organic Integral Penal Code. Therefore, at present, the application of these measures has not generated the solutions for which they were implemented, and this research analyzes the possible reforms to alternative measures in Ecuador.