Condiciones físicas y emocionales que influyen en la salud mental de personas recluidas en centros penitenciarios en Colombia

Abstract

People deprived of liberty in Colombia present physical and emotional conditions that influence their mental health. Mental health is a fundamental right of citizens, but in Colombia, inmates of correctional facilities suffer from overcrowded conditions, lack of medical and psychological care. Through a review of the work carried out on the physical and emotional conditions of people who are deprived of their liberty in detention centers, this review article aims at highlighting the need to improve these conditions to ensure mental health of such people. The review of documents was carried out in databases such as: Dialnet, Scielo, Ebsco, and Google Scholar. This document first addresses mental health in history, then it presents the norms that have been established to guarantee the physical and mental conditions of the Population Deprived of Liberty, and finally it recognizes prison as a place of vulnerability.