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11 RFJ 98 (2022)
Thoughts on Prison System and Increases in Crime: The Ecuadorian Case

handle is hein.journals/revfj11 and id is 98 raw text is: DOI 10.26807/rfj.v11i11.393 Sosa, F. Thoughts on prison system and increases in crime Thoughts on prison system and increases in crime: The Ecuadorian Case1 Reflexiones sobre el sistema penitenciario y el aumento de la delincuencia: El Caso Ecuatoriano Frank Steven Sosa Gangotena Independent legal researcher City: Quito Country: Ecuador Original article (analysis) RFJ, No. 11, 2022, pp. 98 - 123, ISSN 2588-0837 ABSTRACT: The transformation undergone by individuals who are part of a prison system is from freedom to illegality; it is a system that not only compromises freedom but ignores rights and guarantees thanks to the prevailing corruption in a society that rebuilds life behind bars. Second chances are sought, and reality is accepted through the pacifist route, or one finishes destroying one's life, thinking that everything is already lost. There is a fear of repression or one toy with the illusion of leaving early and doing things well. The relationship that behaviour, corruption, drugs, and mafias share in the success or decline of a prison system that seeks to reintegrate people into society who do not feel prepared or perhaps do not want to reintegrate is observed. All this is linked to a precarious and inefficient education system, lack of psychological support, and prison work that condemns whoever learns to be a lifelong labourer. Thus, it aggravates one of the phenomenon's primary 1 This journal article was written by the independent researcher Frank Sosa Gangotena who received support from the Publications Center (Centro de Publicaciones). The author thanks Lissangee Mendoza Garcia, who worked as a research assistant and GIDE's senior researchers for supervision and preliminary advisory and revision. Revista Facu/tad de Jurisprudencia RFJ No.11 Junio 2022 98