Educación contra corriente en las cárceles latinoamericanas: la ense？anza vs el castigo

promoting education in prison is latterly a difficult task. this paper's objective is to examine the structural causes of this complex situation. we have accomplished a research on official documents and laws, and visited prisons in many latin american countries, in order to produce this study. among the many discussed issues, we may highlight: impunity and the failure of the justice system; the limits of punishment; punishment as an ideology; the punishment imagery and the institutional contradictions.