Análisis de la crisis en el sistema penitenciario en Ecuador, hacia una reforma legal.

Abstract

This research consolidates a general objective, which is to analyze the crisis in the penitentiary system in Ecuador as the basis for legal reform. Preventing violent alterations in detention centers is configured as one of the components of the penitentiary system, since the imposition of the sanction implies the protection of the rights and guarantees of that population that is part of the subjects that require priority attention according to constitutional approaches. in Ecuador. The structured use of three methods is required, the inductive deductive, the analytical and the critical-social, likewise, it is of a qualitative design with a descriptive level, as it is appropriate for the purpose of the research at the university level. in the same way, sources of legal content are managed, which obey three scenarios, namely: doctrine, norm, and jurisprudence. A proposal is proposed to reform article 701 of the COIP aimed at improving the general conditions of the Ecuadorian penitentiary system due to the serious crisis in which it finds itself, it emphasizes the need to listen to the opinions of people deprived of liberty. Specifically, it involves the incorporation of a new treatment axis of the entire rehabilitation framework supported by the voluntary participation of people deprived of liberty so that they can present their criteria and be heard.