Social Discipline and Internal Organization in Prison. Study about a Catalan Prison

• Published in: Papers. Revista de Sociologia
• Main Author: Adelantado Gimeno, José
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 2021
• Subjects: droit; socio; Artide
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/papers/v39n0.1639; https://redib.org/Record/oai_articulo997316-disciplina-social-y-organización-interna-de-la-cárcel-síntesis-del-estudio-de-una-prisión-catalana

The artide shows the main results which stem from a reserch about the prison, focusing on the construction of internal order and on disciplinary change. First, the clasification and the penitentiary treatment developed by the LOGP are interpreted, as elements which redefine the space and the social relations which it sustains. Thereafter, the working of the progressive phases system implemented by the Catalan Autonomous Government is criticised, emphasizing its eficacy in the management of conflict, and in the consecution of institutional peace as a political objective. Then, the effects of the system of phases in relation to the stratification of prisoners in different subclasses are considered, and the disciplinary consequences are observed which this entails since it combines classification and treatment. Finally, an analysis of prison organization is conductal, in order to show the consistence of the system in the production of internal order from an alienated communication. The artide concludes saying that the system of phases, far from resocialization, as the Spanish Constitution points out, articulates itself in what constitutes new disciplinary forms, and those of order building inside the prison. El artículo muestra los principales resultados obtenidos a partir de una investigación sobre la cárcel, centrándose en la construcción del orden interno y en el cambio disciplinar. En primer lugar se interpreta la clasificación y el tratamiento penitenciaria desplegados por la LOGP, como elementos que redefinen el espacio físico y las relaciones sociales que sustenta. A continuación, se critica el funcionamiento del sistema de fases progresivas puesto en marcha por la Generalitat de Catalunya, destacando su eficacia en la gestión del conflicto y en la consecución de la paz institucional como objetivo político. Seguidamente, se contemplan los efectos del sistema de fases respecto de la estratificación de presos en diferentes subclases, y se observan las consecuencias disciplinares que comporta este sistema al ...