Vulneración de los derechos de las personas privadas de la libertad y su incidencia en el proceso de rehabilitación. Caso de estudio : Centro de Rehabilitación Social de Babahoyo.

Abstract

Liberty Deprivation Centers (LDC) in Ecuador has been mainly characterized by the existence of extreme violence, overcrowding of prisoner population, a national occupation 40% over its maximum capacity, inadequate food and potable water supply, as well as medical attention, inefficient educative process or work reinsertion, and others aspects that together do not allow the possibility of reaching the rehabilitation of a person whose liberty has been legally deprived. Due to this situation that infringes articles 201, 202 and 203 of the Constitution of Ecuador, it was set as the investigation objective: to establish the incidence of the violation of prisoners’ rights in their rehabilitation process in the LDC of Babahoyo, to later propose actions to reach social rehabilitation goals according to national and international standards on the subject. To do this, it was developed a mixed mode investigation, qualitative and quantitative, applying methods as: analytical-synthetic, historical-logical and deductive, that allowed getting important data to justify the investigation. There were also applied interviews to prison guides, a directive and an ex-prisoner of the Rehabilitation Center, where it was evidenced the need of solving the causes that prevent the rehabilitation of the group on study. At the end it was proposed a reform of the COIP and the Regulation of the Social Rehabilitation System, as well as the construction of a new Center in Babahoyo located in a place that meet the characteristics and requirements stating in the legal instruments in order to positively affect the rehabilitation process.