The COVID-19 and the prison population in Mexico

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5377/cuadernojurypol.v6i15.11152

Keywords:

COVID-19, prison sector, Mexico, human rights, pandemic.

Abstract

The present reflection has the objective to offer a general panorama about the situation that the prison population keeps, facing the COVID-19 in the Mexican case. Therefore, first reflects on the impact of the COVID-19, as well as on the sectors with major vulnerability. At once the prison situation is discussed, highlighting the problems of infrastructure and human rights. In the third place, the relation appears between COVID-19 and penalties. Later some answers are clarified (Law of Amnesty and preliberations), join together to problems that the prison population suffers and it has been irritated recently (symbolic garbage).

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Author Biography

Alberto Espejel Espinoza, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Doctor en Ciencia Política por la UNAM. Profesor Investigador del Área Política de la División de Ciencias Socioeconómicas de la Facultad de Estudios Superiores Acatlán de la UNAM. Miembro del Sistema Nacional de
Investigadores, Nivel 1

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Published

2020-01-10

How to Cite

Espejel Espinoza, A. (2020). The COVID-19 and the prison population in Mexico. Cuaderno Jurídico Y Político, 6(15), 56–68. https://doi.org/10.5377/cuadernojurypol.v6i15.11152

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 15 (2020)

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Articles