Abstract

PEZO JIMENEZ, Omar  and  BELLODAS TICONA, Carlos Augusto. Conditions of overcrowded prisons and re-entry to prisons in Peru. Derecho glob. Estud. sobre derecho justicia [online]. 2023, vol.8, n.24, pp.369-393.  Epub Aug 18, 2023. ISSN 2448-5136.  https://doi.org/10.32870/dgedj.v8i24.661.

The objective was to estimate the causality between prison overcrowding on re-entry to prisons in Peru during the year 2021. The methodology was explanatory with a mixed approach. Obtaining as a result that the penitentiary overcrowding is not completely decisive for the re-entry of inmates to penitentiary establishments; In addition to overpopulation, there would be other contributing factors such as prison administration, health within penal establishments, drug trafficking, family support, among others. Concluding that the penitentiary system is going through a systematic crisis, since it would not be fulfilling the purpose of resocializing, reeducating and reinserting inmates, since it has been noted that in all penal establishments in Peru there are re-entries of inmates.

Keywords : Overcrowding; prison overcrowding; reentry; inmate; penitentiary establishments.