POSSIBLE CRIMINAL LAW: prison is not the only solution, nor the best (part II)
The Platform is Possible Another Criminal Law explains that Spain is one of the countries of the EU in which the higher the deviation between the offenses, the subjective perception of insecurity and the use of prison, that ignorance and fear is exploited by politicians of all sign for electioneering and that we must fight “representative from prison, and the use of criminal law merely symbolic because the problems are not resolved or only or mainly with the adoption of criminal laws .
The Platform calls for an informed and calm debate on imprisonment and punishment, and thus seek to remove the false myths created around the criminal justice system who are these 13, each of which is explained in depth here:
1. The myth “the Spanish penal system is a benevolent system,” a “is the most repressive in Europe”
2. The myth “the life sentence does not exist in Spain: implántese” to “there are in fact life sentences in the Spanish State and, in some cases by the inability of this review, is stricter than other states that do have it in their Codes ”
3. The assumption that “the profile of the average prisoner is highly dangerous” to “prisoners, mostly are not in prison for committing serious or violent crimes”
4. The myth “prisons are institutions comfortable and secure” a “are spaces in which death is a constant presence”
5. The myth of the “existence of a direct correlation between increased crime and the number of prisoners,” the disconnect between the number of criminal offenses and the increase of people in prison ”
6. The myth “offenses are an expression of human freedom, a free individual decision by each one must pay” to “a large majority of them have a direct link with social exclusion”
7. The myth “the criminal justice system to protect victims”, to “the criminal justice system keeps on suffering without offering different possibilities of repairing the damage”
8. The myth “the penalties are met in a small part” to “are met in full and the vast majority of people do within the prison compound in the ordinary regime”
9. The myth “permits should be limited by the insecurity generated” to “exit permits are a necessary part of rehabilitation, humanizing and low risk”
10. The myth “the law of the child has generated impunity for minors, it is very soft and does not punish,” to “criminal action on over 14 years and under 18 is higher than that of the adults and even punishable by imprisonment and harsh penalties ”
11. From Myth “called efficiency of the penal system” to “the apparent inability of the criminal justice system for the satisfactory resolution of conflicts”
12. The myth “enter through a door and out the other” to “many enter prison even without being judged”
13. Budget “offenders are, in general, people without morals and compassion,” a “in more cases than we think, have feelings of regret and be willing to repair the damage caused”