En el corazón del Buen Pastor. La apropiación del discurso de los derechos humanos en el contexto penitenciario colombiano

Bibliographic Data

ID3779702
AuthorsLibardo José Ariza (0000-0002-4558-4332, Universidad de los Andes), Libardo José Ariza Higuera (Universidad de los Andes), Carlos Botero (0000-0002-1798-3256, Universidad de los Andes), Carolina Ángel Botero (Universidad de los Andes)
Year2015
Issue23
Pages45-64
Publication date2015-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAntípoda Revista de Antropología y Arqueología (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2011-4273 • E-ISSN: 1900-5407
PublisherUniversidad de los Andes (PUBLISHER • VE)
DOI10.7440/antipoda23.2015.03
OpenAlexW2258507683
LanguageES
Citations received3
References cited19

This article analyzes the dual nature of the implementation of human rights discourse in the context of the Colombian penitentiary and prison system. On the one hand, it functions as a discourse articulated both by women deprived of liberty and by security and custodial personnel to confront the infrahuman conditions of confinement. In this facet, human rights discourse seems to bridge the gap that separates guards and inmates thanks to their identification as victims of state neglect. On the other hand, this discourse operates as a mechanism of adaptation to the penitentiary experience, which is narrated by the inmates through the language of law. In this process, the strategic appropriation of human rights discourse in the figures of the Consul, the Patio Representative, and the Human Rights Office is a determining factor for translating prison life into the language of legal institutions

Appropriation · Context (archaeology · Criminology · Human rights · Humanities · Linguistics · Political science · Prison · Sociology · Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies · Conflict, Peace, and Violence in Colombia · Criminal Justice and Penology · History · Law · Philosophy

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