De campus universitari a temple de la marginalitat. El canvi social a les presons espanyoles durant la transició política

Abstract

At the end of Franco regime, the imprisonment of dictatorship’s opponents became one of the clearest symbols of its totalitarian character. However, inside prison, political prisoners resisted by increasing their political activity. From 1977, as these prisoners were released thanks to amnesties, common criminals took over the mobilization and gain prominence in claiming their rights. In response to the serious problems that ordinary prisoners had revealed, the state approved a prison legislation reform, although it did not result in an improvement of the situation. On the contrary, during the first years of democracy, prisons were marked by material shortages, skyrocketing prison population and the perpetuation of a new type of interpersonal violence.