Abstract

AVELLANEDA VASQUEZ, Janior. Resocialization in Peru and comparative law. Towards a progressive approach from egalitarian liberalism. Derecho glob. Estud. sobre derecho justicia [online]. 2024, vol.10, n.28, pp.277-304.  Epub Feb 28, 2025. ISSN 2448-5136.  https://doi.org/10.32870/dgedj.v10i28.763.

The purpose of this article is to develop a comparative analysis of the institutional framework and challenges of resocialization between Peru, Argentina, Chile and Colombia, as well as to support a progressive approach to this institution from a liberal egalitarian perspective. A qualitative interdisciplinary methodology is used under a hermeneutic paradigm, which includes comparative-legal and philosophical-legal methods, and the exploratory-descriptive level. The findings highlight the historical failure of resocialization as an aim of punishment in Latin America, attributed to a combination of ideological and contextual reasons. The ineffectiveness of prisons to resocialize is linked to the critical and permanent prison overcrowding, which collapses prison systems. In response to this, a resocializing approach inspired by the egalitarian liberalism of John Rawls is proposed, as a commitment to the essential respect for human dignity and the institutional protection of the fundamental rights of the prison population.

Keywords : Derecho comparado; hacinamiento carcelario; liberalismo igualitario; población penitenciaria; resocialización.; Comparative law; prison overcrowding; egalitarian liberalism; prison population; resocialization..

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