Congressman Guido Bellido, from the Podemos Peru bench, presented a bill that proposes to modify the Criminal Execution Code to establish the mandatory work of the inmates in the prison centers of the country.
Currently, article 73 of the Criminal Execution Code indicates that the work is voluntary, but the proposal seeks to become a legal obligation as part of the rehabilitation and sustainability of the prison system.
Bellido sustained his initiative in the structural crisis that Peruvian prisons are going through overcrowding, criminal laryincidence and the shortage of social reintegration programs.
The parliamentarian said that the work would allow prisoners to acquire labor discipline, contribute to their rehabilitation and collaborate with the expenses generated by their stay, according to the legal portal LP.
How would the measure work?
According to the aforementioned portal, the proposal establishes that prisoners must carry out productive, services or community support, always under regulated conditions and respecting human dignity. Those who refuse to participate would be sanctioned with serious disciplinary offenses.
Likewise, it seeks to modify articles of the Constitution to reinforce the obligation of the State to promote sustainable prison policies, with emphasis on the economic and social reinstatement of inmates through work.
In the motifs, Bellido points out that countries such as Belarus, Brazil, China, Russia and Vietnam apply mandatory work as a central prison rehabilitation tool.
The project includes a cost-benefit analysis that concludes that the measure could reduce criminal recidivism, relieve overcrowding in prisons and contribute to the partial financing of the penitentiary system.
However, it also warns that its implementation would require significant legal and logistics adjustments.
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