Abstract

GORDALIZA, Ana  and  MARKEZ, Iñaki. Boundary disorders, a challenge for prison technical teams: the right to comprehensive health of persons deprived of liberty. Rev. Asoc. Esp. Neuropsiq. [online]. 2022, vol.42, n.141, pp.159-168.  Epub July 18, 2022. ISSN 2340-2733.  https://dx.doi.org/10.4321/s0211-57352022000100010.

The purpose of violence is to bend the will of the person who suffers it, and, if this occurs in a prison, it is carried out with the intention of modifying the psychic structures of the punished person. With the inclusion of the role of the psychosocial environment in the definition of health, the prison technical teams are reconsidered, committing to an action that goes further than the security logic. Prison treatment is an opportunity for change, especially if it is based on rights –and the right to health– to deal with suffering. When it comes to boundary disorders, even if the prisoner is a subject of law, prison treatment without methods of control or devices that produce exclusion, segregation or isolation is required. An ethical perspective in which the subjectivity of vulnerable and violated people is taken into account and is reflected into concrete practices on the use of medications, drug use, isolation, disciplinary measures and networking, among other possible ones, is advocated. There, networking, institutionally and community-based, is a primary path.

Keywords : violence; right to health; boundary disorder; degrading practices; treatment; network.

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