Abstract

ROMAN ACOSTA, Víctor Alfonso. The constitutional penitentiary in Venezuela. A holistic view from human rights. Derecho glob. Estud. sobre derecho justicia [online]. 2021, vol.7, n.19, pp.113-141.  Epub Dec 13, 2021. ISSN 2448-5136.  https://doi.org/10.32870/dgedj.v6i19.401.

The purpose of this article is to reveal the principles, foundations and scope of the Venezuelan Penitentiary System, within the framework of the Democratic and Social State of Law and Justice, based on life, freedom, justice, equality and the pre-eminence of the human rights, as superior values. In this sense, the constitutional text bequeaths a humanistic and inclusive prison model, which is dim from the reality of the current Venezuelan prison. This production was carried out in the interpretive epistemic matrix, as a monographic documentary investigation, developed through the content analysis matrix. Documentary observation, evaluative reading, summary, underlining and association techniques were used as techniques, concluding inthe need to promote changes from the participation of the various social actors, as the only way to achieve prison transformation, focused on the dignity of man.

Keywords : Prisons; human rights; constitution; rule of law.