RESOCIALIZATION AS END OF SENTENCE – A frustration with the Colombian penitentiary and prison system

This article analyses resocialization as the main finality of deterrent sentencing in Colombia during its execution phase. To this end, the article contextualizes the difficult situation that the penitentiary and prison systems of Colombia withstand, which, as the Constitutional Court declared, constitutes an institutional situation that compromises the human dignity of deterred persons. Within this reality – comprising a significant prison overcrowding, which, in its turn, fosters an environment of violence, corruption and inequality –, offers and access to resocialization programs are scarce, impeding the rehabilitation of individuals. This context hinders the fulfilling of this finality, for it is observed that a great percentage of released felons returns to prison, configuring the phenomenon of recidivism.

本文以再社会化（resocialization）为哥伦比亚威慑型量刑执行阶段的核心终极目标展开分析。为此，本文梳理了该国监所与监狱系统所面临的严峻现状：正如哥伦比亚宪法法院所认定的，这一体制现状已损害了服刑人员的人格尊严。在这一现状框架下，监所普遍存在严重超员问题，进而滋生出暴力、腐败与不公的环境，而再社会化项目的供给与准入渠道却极度匮乏，严重阻碍了服刑人员的矫正改造。这一现实语境阻碍了上述终极目标的达成：据观测，有极高比例的刑满释放人员会再度入狱，由此形成累犯现象。