Responsabilidad del estado frente a la garantía del derecho a la salud de las personas privadas de la libertad en Colombia

Abstract

The analysis of the responsibility of the State regarding the guarantee of the right to health of the persons deprived of liberty in Colombia, was constituted in a research work that reveals the situation in which these people find themselves inside the penitentiary centers, consulting doctrine and jurisprudence of national and international order regarding the fundamental right of health, identifying which are the guarantees in the provision of the health service by the penitentiary center to the prison population and analyzing the responsibility of the Colombian State regarding the effective enjoyment of this right. Finally, it was determined that the Colombian State in its position as guarantor of the right to health of the inmate population, is responsible for guaranteeing the provision directly or through third parties of the services required for health; the ongoing monitoring of the proper functioning of the services provided, the progressive implementation of new technologies to facilitate and improve access to the right to health of prisoners in the framework of the regulation of these rights, stating that such accessibility can not be ignored the security conditions of those who are deprived of their liberty.