Overcrowding in Peruvian prisons
an urgent problem
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https://doi.org/10.51252/rcri.v3i2.515Keywords:
crime, detention, criminals, overcrowding, INPE, Peru, prisonAbstract
The Latin American judicial system is based on incarceration, in Peru the population has the perception that if the judicial system incarcerates more people, it is of good quality, this is due to the fact that in many occasions people with high rank or economic position have been released from prison on many occasions, seeing themselves as unpunished. Methodology: Cross-sectional study, the population consisted of inmates of the 69 prisons that exist in Peru registered in the database of the National Penitentiary Institute of Peru through its public database. The study did not require review by an ethics committee since the data are public. Results: as of December 2019, the national prison holding capacity is 40,137, however, the prison population was 95,548 (238%), there is 138% overcrowding. Conclusions: Prison overcrowding in Peru's prisons is a rampant problem that must be solved by implementing reforms in the judicial system, prison housing and control of infectious diseases.
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