The situation of Poles inmates in the Ecuadorian prisons, in the context of the crisis of justice in Ecuador Cover Image

Sytuacja Polaków osadzonych w ekwadorskich więzieniach za przemyt narkotyków w kontekście kryzysu wymiaru sprawiedliwości w Ekwadorze
The situation of Poles inmates in the Ecuadorian prisons, in the context of the crisis of justice in Ecuador

Author(s): Justyna Łapaj
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Criminal Law, Law and Transitional Justice, International relations/trade, Penal Policy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Ecuadorian prisons; crisis of justice; drugs smuggling; drug gangs; conditions in Latin American prisons

Summary/Abstract: Smuggling drugs from Latin American countries, with the participation of European citizens is a complex and multi‑faceted phenomenon. There is a variety of its manifestations and scale, as well as the variety of profiles and stories of people smugglers who are involved in the smuggling process. Unfortunately, among them there are also Poles although the trend, compared with the initial years of the first decade of the twenty‑first century, is decreasing. In media there are shown some information about the smuggling, but only periodically there are some news about smuggling attempts undertaken by organized criminal groups. Too rarely informed about the people running, whether on behalf of drug gangs, whether on their own responsibility, and about the specifics of conditions in Latin American prisons, radically different from European penitentiary systems.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 16
  • Page Range: 118-144
  • Page Count: 27
  • Language: Polish