Confinement with No Rights. Perceptions of Inmates' Relatives Regarding Measures for COVID-19 Control Implemented in Mexican Prisons

作     者：Ospina-Escobar, Angelica Pocoroba, Alejandro 

作者机构：Ctr Econ Teaching & Training CIDE Catedra Conacyt Assigned Drug Policy Program Div Multidisciplinary Studies Circuito Tecnopolo Norte 117 Aguascalientes 20313 Aguascalientes Mexico Ctr Econ Teaching & Training CIDE Drug Policy Program Div Multidisciplinary Studies Aguascalientes Aguascalientes Mexico 

出 版 物：《VICTIMS & OFFENDERS》 (受害人与罪犯)

年 卷 期：2023年第18卷第5期

页      面：862-888页

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学科分类：0301[法学-法学] 03[法学] 

基　　金：Open Society Foundations [OR2020-74268] 

主　　题：Prisons Mexico COVID-19 sanitary protocols gender disparities familielntroduction 

摘      要：Based on a participatory study design, this article describes how a group of family members of people deprived of liberty (PDL) experienced the COVID-19 control measures implemented in Mexico s prisons. We conducted 28 in-depth interviews and analyzed them using ***. We found that the measures implemented in Mexican prisons to avoid the spread of COVID-19 focused mainly on suspension of visitation and PDL confinement. The isolation imposed on PDL impacted their living conditions, making them more vulnerable to contracting COVID-19 due to lack of access to essential services, food, and hygiene supplies. Visit restrictions and PDL isolation also impacted PDL relatives health and socioeconomic conditions. Our findings indicate that the consequences of COVID-19 control actions in Mexican prisons differ according to the gender and jurisdiction of PDL. Women in federal prisons were more isolated, while those in local ones were more deprived of basic supplies. Imprisoned women s isolation has especially severe effects on the mental and physical health of their elderly parents and children. The results show how the measures adopted to control COVID-19 outbreaks in Mexican prisons have exacerbated the preexisting systemic violence experienced by PDL and their families and how they have failed to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in these settings. These findings provide support for the health-informed penal reform of Mexican prisons.