Persons serving a sentence of provisional deprivation of liberty for owing alimony or traffic matters will not be mixed with inmates with greater sentences.
He new regulation that regulates the operation of the National Social Rehabilitation System establishes that these people must go to provisional deprivation of liberty centers and social rehabilitation centers.
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Article 22 states that provisional deprivation of liberty centers and social rehabilitation centers will be designated for traffic offenders and people serving a sentence of provisional deprivation of liberty for owing alimony.
It also explains that in the provisional deprivation of liberty centers there will be specific areas for people who comply with measures of coercion, flagrancy and contraventions of up to thirty days.
While in social rehabilitation centers there will be specific areas for people who are serving sentences for violations of more than thirty days, in compliance with the separation principle.
Classification of deprivation of liberty centers
Furthermore, the document classifies the deprivation of liberty centers in Ecuador as three levels of security: maximum, average and minimum, according to their degree of control and the characteristics of the prison population they house.
This categorization is defined based on the secondary regulations issued by the competent technical bodywhich establishes specific parameters for its organization and operation.
Among the criteria considered are the physical infrastructure of the centers, the level of custody required by persons deprived of liberty, the applicable internal regime, as well as the intensity of surveillance and supervision.
Factors such as the risk level of the prison population, the geographical location of the establishments, the security technology available and the offer of rehabilitation programs.
The regulations indicate that as a general rule, prisoners are assigned to centers whose security level corresponds to their risk profilewith the aim of guaranteeing adequate management within the penitentiary system.
Differentiated pavilions for vulnerable people
Meanwhile, the article 24 provides for the implementation of differentiated pavilions for prisoners in conditions of double vulnerability for health reasons.
The regulations include in this category people with disabilityrare or orphan diseases, chronic or catastrophic decompensated pathologies, as well as those living with HIV in the AIDS phase or suffering from terminal or advanced illnesses, with the aim of ensuring adequate conditions within the prison system. (YO)
