Extrema indiferencia: La población extranjera en las cárceles chilenas
(Extreme indifference: Foreigners in Chilean prisons)
Keywords:
Castigo, extranjeros, legitimidad, cárcel, punishment, foreigners, legitimacy, prisonAbstract
El castigo estatal constituye una práctica que solo puede aspirar a ser legítima si tiene lugar en el contexto de una relación política mínimamente justa. De ahí que en la literatura se han identificado dificultades para justificar el castigo de quienes se encuentran en los márgenes de la relación política, como ocurre con los extranjeros. Para identificar con mayor precisión los desafíos de legitimidad de nuestras prácticas penales frente a la población extranjera, este artículo propone una aproximación normativa y luego describe e identifica los principales déficits de legitimidad que existen en el ámbito del encarcelamiento de población extranjera en Chile. El trabajo sostiene que existe un alto déficit de legitimidad que se configura por una serie de espacios en los que nuestras instituciones penales muestran extrema indiferencia frente a las necesidades y afecciones particulares de este grupo.
State punishment can only aspire to be a legitimate practice if it takes place within a fair political arrangement. As a consequence, some scholars have identified obstacles to justify punishment to those who are in the margins of the political relationship, such as foreigners. With the aim of identifying more precisely what these obstacles are in the specific case of foreigners, this article offers both a normative approach to the issue of punishing foreigners, and a description of the current situation of foreigners imprisoned in Chile. We argue that the Chilean prison system has high levels of illegitimacy in this regard, as it shows extreme indifference over the specific needs and pains of foreign prisoners.
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