La cárcel “digna”

Martínez de la Hoz, Amir Jesús | 2020

The problems of prison overcrowding in Latin America and some parts of the world affect the intramural population collectively and individually, generating inhumane conditions inside the prison, it is generally known the situation experienced by inmates who are affected by the conditions in which they are They find, but what contribution is being made through architecture to reverse this situation? It should be noted that at the urban level the immediate environment where the prison is located is affected, generating problems of social insecurity and devaluing the sector where it is located, evidencing in a certain way the deterioration of the urban landscape, even altering the uses of the soil and generating illegal trade in its immediate environment, Therefore, in this research we must question the dignity within prison spaces, considering the prison space as a fundamental principle based on resocialization, taking into account multiple case studies that are presented in the development of this document, making a comparison of what good or bad that is evidenced in some penitentiary institutions allowing us to question how much dignity measures in the prison space? How to facilitate second chances from the design of the prison space? Allowing noticeable improvements for the fulfillment of a sentence avoiding criminal recidivism.