Diseño arquitectónico penitenciario para una reclusión incluyente, ubicada en los terrenos de la Picota - Bogotá

Abstract

The prison deficit and overcrowding in the national territory is a growing problem for the penitentiary system and the nation in general, with the loss of dignity of the inmates and the professionalization of criminal activities within the different penitentiary establishments, according to the Statistics from the National Penitentiary and Prison Institute (INPEC, 2023a) show overcrowding of 45.62% in 2020 and in the following three years 2021, 2022 and 2023 there is a significant decrease with overcrowding of 21.76%, taking into account Note that this indicator is reduced to control the chain of contagion of the COVID 19 pandemic with the home detention of 23.86% of people deprived of liberty (PPL) in intramural overcrowding. The objective of this degree project is to propose a penitentiary architectural design, adjacent to La Picota where the reduction of overcrowding was proposed, focused on resocialization and improvement in the conditions of dignity of the prison population, taking as location for this project the land of the current La Picota prison, according to decree 563 (2007) defines in its article 78, which is the only property authorized for such use in the city of Bogotá with an area of 33 useful hectares. In the architectural program, it is proposed to focus on intramural confinement with spaces for the development and occupation of inmates, with academic and productive training activities as a therapeutic means for the re-socialization of inmates, opening new possibilities for change in their criminal behavior in payment. of their sentences.