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Human Rights in Latin-American Prisons
Towards A More Comprehensive Understanding
Series: - International Studies in Human Rights, Volume: 150
Why are prisons in Latin America so violent, overcrowded, and marginalisingâand what can human rights do about it? This book answers that urgent question through a bold interdisciplinary lens. You explore how law, poverty, gender, and race shape carceral practices, drawing on case studies, original fieldwork, and critical theory. It reveals how the pandemic reshaped incarceration and why global calls for decarceration often fall short. Featuring contributions from leading scholars and practitioners, the book connects local realities to global debates. If you work on law, human rights, or justice systems, this book will challenge what you think you know.
Clara Burbano Herrera is Principal Investigator of the ERC-funded project IMPACTUM and Professor of International Human Rights Law at Ghent University, where she obtained her PhD in Law. She has widely published on human rights law, particularly on precautionary measures and the role of regional systems in protecting vulnerable groups.
Yves Haeck is Professor of International Human Rights Law at Ghent University and Director of the Programme for Studies on Human Rights in Context. He holds a PhD in Law from Ghent University and has widely published on international human rights adjudication, with a focus on the European and inter-American systems.
Yves Haeck is Professor of International Human Rights Law at Ghent University and Director of the Programme for Studies on Human Rights in Context. He holds a PhD in Law from Ghent University and has widely published on international human rights adjudication, with a focus on the European and inter-American systems.
Contents
Preface
Notes on Contributors
List of Figures and Tables
1 Introduction: Human Rights in Latin American Prisons: Towards a More Comprehensive Understanding
âClara Burbano Herrera and Yves Haeck
âPART 1
Prisons: Intersectionalities and Contexts
2 Female Incarceration in Latin America and Mexico
âColetta A. Youngers, Corina Giacomello and Gabriela Cruz
3 Reproductive Health and Rights in Prisons: Challenges and Opportunities for Latin America
âCarmen Cecilia MartÃnez López
4 Assessing State Compliance with Interim Measures Protecting Persons Deprived of Liberty in Latin America: Insights from the Case of Polay Campos v. Peru
âClara Burbano Herrera and Luna Lanckvrind
âPART 2
Prisons: Crisis and Structural Problems
5 The COVID-19 Pandemic and Prison Policy in Latin America
âMarÃa Luisa Romero and Soledad Sánchez Jeanney
6 Addressing the Impact and Response to COVID-19 Pandemic in Latin American Prisons
âJosé Luis Pérez Guadalupe and Lucia Nuñovero Cisneros
7 A Lost Critical Juncture: covid-19 in Brazilian Prisons
âMaÃra Rocha Machado and Natalia Pires de Vasconcelos
8 Two Emergency Regimes: Prison, Judicial Intervention, and COVID-19 Pandemic in Colombia
âLibardo Ariza and Mario Torres
9 Concluding Remarks: There Is the Need to Fundamentally Rethink Who Is Behind Bars, the Reasons Why, and the Conditions in Which They Are Held
âYves Haeck and Clara Burbano Herrera
Index
Preface
Notes on Contributors
List of Figures and Tables
1 Introduction: Human Rights in Latin American Prisons: Towards a More Comprehensive Understanding
âClara Burbano Herrera and Yves Haeck
âPART 1
Prisons: Intersectionalities and Contexts
2 Female Incarceration in Latin America and Mexico
âColetta A. Youngers, Corina Giacomello and Gabriela Cruz
3 Reproductive Health and Rights in Prisons: Challenges and Opportunities for Latin America
âCarmen Cecilia MartÃnez López
4 Assessing State Compliance with Interim Measures Protecting Persons Deprived of Liberty in Latin America: Insights from the Case of Polay Campos v. Peru
âClara Burbano Herrera and Luna Lanckvrind
âPART 2
Prisons: Crisis and Structural Problems
5 The COVID-19 Pandemic and Prison Policy in Latin America
âMarÃa Luisa Romero and Soledad Sánchez Jeanney
6 Addressing the Impact and Response to COVID-19 Pandemic in Latin American Prisons
âJosé Luis Pérez Guadalupe and Lucia Nuñovero Cisneros
7 A Lost Critical Juncture: covid-19 in Brazilian Prisons
âMaÃra Rocha Machado and Natalia Pires de Vasconcelos
8 Two Emergency Regimes: Prison, Judicial Intervention, and COVID-19 Pandemic in Colombia
âLibardo Ariza and Mario Torres
9 Concluding Remarks: There Is the Need to Fundamentally Rethink Who Is Behind Bars, the Reasons Why, and the Conditions in Which They Are Held
âYves Haeck and Clara Burbano Herrera
Index
This book would be of immediate interest to scholars, researchers, postgraduate students, and practitioners in law, human rights, criminology, and political scienceâparticularly those working on Latin America, prison reform, and comparative approaches to incarceration in global and transnational contexts.