Prisons in Transition? The Prison System During and After the Political Transition from the Francoist Dictatorship

IF 0.4 3区 历史学 Q1 HISTORY
César Lorenzo Rubio
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This article explores the chronology of change in the Spanish prison system, especially during the transition from the Francoist dictatorship (1975–1982). It indicates how the incarcerated population had come to reflect Francoism's management of social change (including via an increasing use of preventive detention). By the early 1970s, political activists represented a minority of those incarcerated, although a minority that had grown steadily again from the late 1960s. The article discusses relations between the different groups of inmate, the rapidly-deteriorating conditions inside the gaols, and the emergence in the early transition period (1976) of prison protests (COPEL) led by common prisoners whose main objective was inclusion in the gaol amnesty then being proposed as part of the exit strategy from dictatorship. The article analyzes the reactive rather than proactive response to COPEL of Spain's transitional governments, composed of reformist Francoists, and the eventual outcome in a prison reform law in 1979. The article assesses the law's limited practical effect inside the gaols, because of severe budgetary restrictions combined with Spain's rising prison population – the latter mirroring developments across Western democracies generally.
过渡时期的监狱?从佛朗哥独裁政权政治过渡期间和之后的监狱系统
本文探讨了西班牙监狱系统的时序变化,尤其是在佛朗哥独裁统治的过渡时期(1975-1982 年)。文章指出,被监禁人口如何反映了佛朗哥主义对社会变革的管理(包括越来越多地使用预防性拘留)。到 20 世纪 70 年代初,政治活动家在被监禁者中只占少数,尽管从 20 世纪 60 年代末开始,这一少数人数又在稳步增长。文章讨论了不同囚犯群体之间的关系、监狱内迅速恶化的条件,以及在过渡时期初期(1976 年)出现的由普通囚犯领导的监狱抗议活动(COPEL),其主要目的是加入当时作为退出独裁统治战略一部分而提出的监狱大赦。文章分析了由佛朗哥改革派组成的西班牙过渡政府对 COPEL 的反应,以及 1979 年监狱改革法的最终结果。文章评估了该法在监狱中的有限实际效果,因为预算受到严重限制,加上西班牙监狱人口不断增加--后者反映了整个西方民主国家的发展情况。
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期刊介绍: European History Quarterly has earned an international reputation as an essential resource on European history, publishing articles by eminent historians on a range of subjects from the later Middle Ages to post-1945. European History Quarterly also features review articles by leading authorities, offering a comprehensive survey of recent literature in a particular field, as well as an extensive book review section, enabling you to keep up to date with what"s being published in your field. The journal also features historiographical essays.
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