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Penitentiary System
Research group
Spanish
Penitentiary System
Academic Unit: Faculty of Law and Political Sciences
OECD
Area
Social sciences
Subarea
Law
Strategic Focus
The research group is a space for reflection and generation of knowledge dedicated to addressing human rights issues of freedom-deprived people in general from a socio-legal approach.
Research Lines and/or Areas
- Human rights and freedom deprivation
- Status of detention centers
- Politics, regulations, and penitentiary and prison jurisprudence
- International penitentiary law
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)



Group Coordinator
Cristian Leonel Guardia López, MSc
MSc in Law
Universitat de Barcelona
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Scientific Cooperation
Collaborative Relationships
- Latin American Academy of Criminal and Penitentiary Law
- Euro-Latin American Network for the Prevention of Torture and Institutional Violence — RELAPT
- Corporación Activos por los Derechos Humanos (Corporation Active for Human Rights)
- Colombian Institute of Human Rights
Highlighted Projects
- Situation of the human rights of freedom deprived young people in municipal detention facilities in the Department of Antioquia
- Social organizations currently working in penitentiary and prison matters in Colombia
- Freedom deprivation in the Sol de Oriente neighborhood
- Status of the fundamental rights of freedom-deprived people in the penitentiary and prison facilities of Medellin
Key Research Findings
- Organizaciones sociales que actualmente trabajan en materia penitenciaria y carcelaria en Colombia. (Social organizations currently working in penitentiary and prison matters in Colombia.) ISBN: 978-85-8420-143-3
- La Privación de la Libertad en el Sol de Oriente. (Deprivation of liberty in the Sol de Oriente neighborhood.) ISBN: 978-958-749-995-7
- Derechos Humanos y privación de libertad en Segovia, la puerta de oro del nordeste antioqueño. (Human rights and freedom deprivation in Segovia, golden gate of northeastern Antioquia.) ISBN:978-958-8551-12-08
- El tratamiento Penitenciario: resocialización del delincuente. (Prison Treatment: Re-socialization of the criminal.) ISBN: 978-950-741-596-8
Services and/or Products Portfolio
- Expert advice to governmental institutions on Human Rights matters in the penitentiary and prison context
- Training in Human Rights, Criminal and Penitentiary Law, adolescent criminal liability System, and restorative justice
- Specialized consultancies in Human Rights, freedom deprivation, criminology, and criminal law sociology matters
- Organization of academic events in criminal and penitentiary matters
- Editing and assessing scientific texts on Human Rights, freedom deprivation, criminology, and criminal law sociology
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