Pandemia y situación penitenciaria en Uruguay
The possibilities of complying with the measures to control the circulation of COVID-19 had a differential impact between the different social sectors, increasing pre-existing inequalities. Recent data has shown that one of the most strongly affected populations were the inmates of the penitentia...
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2022
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| Baliabidea: | Revista Electrónica del Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas y Sociales Ambrosio Lucas Gioja, ISSN 1851-3069, Nº. 29, 2022, pags. 27-52 |
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The possibilities of complying with the measures to control the circulation of
COVID-19 had a differential impact between the different social sectors, increasing
pre-existing inequalities. Recent data has shown that one of the most strongly affected
populations were the inmates of the penitentiary system, whose work, educational and
recreational activities were further restricted. Regarding their situation, the restrictions on
access to prison visits not only implied greater difficulties in establishing contact with their
loved ones, but also a decrease in access to basic goods.
Although Uruguay was characterized by the relatively late appearance of COVID in prisons,
the restrictive measures strongly affected life in prison since the beginning of the pandemic.
On the other hand, once the first cases appeared, the spread of the virus was extremely
rapid.
In this context, the difficulties suffered by the prison population were altered (both in type
and magnitude) in relation to those previously faced. The objective of this article is to analyze the changes and continuities in the levels of violation of human rights within
Uruguayan prisons, by comparing data corresponding to the months of January-April 2019
in contrast to the same period in 2021. This comparative analysis is based on the register of
submissions and complaints (“Registro de Planteos y Denuncias”) developed by the “Oficina
del Comisionado Parlamentario para el Sistema Penitenciario”. In order to comprehensively
portray the prison situation during these periods, both quantitative methodologies
(bivariate descriptive analysis) and qualitative methodologies (speech analysis of
complaints) are combined. |
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