Jail in spain times of economic crisis

Abstract

After the death of the dictator Francisco Franco in 1975, the need and urgency to normalize various issues and hot issues of Spanish public life were notorious. The political changes that were coming, the resolution of the problems posed by the historical nationalities of the State, the unavoidable Spanish opening to the exterior,1 the recognition and legalization of political parties and workers’ unions,2 the renovation, depuration and regulation of police apparatuses,3–8 the construction of a democratic magistracy,9 the amnesty for political prisoners and the urgency to carry out a penance reform,10–16 among many other issues not mentioned here, make up a picture that illustrates, precisely, to the context in which the new State-form was built, which would be reflected in the constitutional pact.