Reforming the Salvadoran Prison System, 1900-1944

Authors

  • Carlos W Moreno

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5377/rpsp.v3i1.1335

Keywords:

prison history, prison reform, prison labor, reeducation, reintegration

Abstract

This article focuses on the Salvadoran penitentiary project during the first four decades of the twentieth century. It describes its creation and initial interests. A comparison is made of the conditions in penitentiaries and those in other prison establishments. In addition, the article spotlights the techniques used for reeducation of persons deprived of liberty in the penitentiaries. These include programs that provide work and economic remuneration for labor in manufacturing and distribution of production by inmates. Besides, was this system applied to the entire prison population? How did it evolve after a few decades? How did repressive crime fighting programs during the presidential term of General M. Hernandez Martinez affect the condition of prisons? This paper includes reflections on penitentiary facilities, their evolution, function, and the project for the rehabilitation of criminals.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5377/rpsp.v3i1.1335

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Author Biography

Carlos W Moreno

Licenciado en Historia por la Universidad de El Salvador. Ha sido investigador adjunto de la Dirección Nacional de Investigaciones en Cultura y Artes, docente universitario, archivista de documentos históricos en registro digital y asistente de investigación en proyectos vinculados a la Universidad de El Salvador y la Academia Salvadoreña de la Historia. Ha publicado en la revista nacional “Identidades” y ha sido coautor del libro “Ruptura y reconciliación, España y el reconocimiento de las independencias latinoamericanas” (2012)

Published

2014-03-21

How to Cite

Moreno, C. W. (2014). Reforming the Salvadoran Prison System, 1900-1944. Police and Public Security Journal, 3(1), 277–304. https://doi.org/10.5377/rpsp.v3i1.1335

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Historiographical Studies