Best Practices for Reducing Women's Incarceration in Costa Rica
Explore strategies and data on reducing women's incarceration rates in Costa Rica, including insights on drug offenses, gender disparities, justice reforms, and prison overpopulation. Learn about laws and initiatives aimed at addressing these issues and promoting alternatives to incarceration.
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BESTPRACTICESINREDUCING WOMENINCRACERATIONIN COSTA RICA Ernesto Cort s CND 61th Session March 14th, 2017
Imprisonment rate in several countries of the Americas in comparision with world regions 800 693 700 600 500 387 352 400 307 291 300 246 244 212 192 162 160 200 140 94 92 100 0 World Prison Brief. Junio de 2016.
Imprisonment rate for drug offenses in several countries of the Americas 120 103 97 100 85 80 54 53 60 51 41 37 40 24 21 17 20 0 Fuente: Datos oficiales de personas encarceladas por drogas en cada pa s recolectados por investigadores del CEDD. Datos poblacionales tomados del Banco Mundial. [GCPC1] [IP2]
Incarceration for drug offenses in Costa Rica. By gender and age 25.0% 21.1% 20.2% 20.0% 18.2% 15.9% 15.9% 14.9% 14.8% 15.0% 13.2% 10.2% 10.0% 8.0% 6.8% 6.1% 7.0% 6.1% 5.3% 5.0% 3.5% 3.4% 3.4% 3.4% 1.8% 0.9% 0.0% 0.0% 18 a 19 a os 20 a 24 a os 25 a 29 a os 30 a 34 a os 35 a 39 a os 40 a 44 a os 45 a 49 a os 50 a 54 a os 55 a 59 a os 60 a 64 a os 65 a os o m s Mujeres Hombres
1000 901 895 Total criminal senteces for drug ofenses in Costa Rica, by gender. 2003 to 2013 741 800 698 586 547 600 396 389 387 357 326 400 224 188 184 182 167 145 125 113 200 104 94 89 0 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Mujeres Hombres 50.0% 41.6% 38.7% 38.5% 40.0% 34.4% 31.3% 30.8% 28.7% 26.1%27.5% Percentage of criminal senteces for drug ofenses in Costa Rica, by gender. 2003 to 2013 25.2%25.7% 30.0% 20.0% 15.5% 13.0% 12.6%11.5%12.2%11.2% 11.9% 11.8%10.1%11.7% 9.7% 10.0% 0.0% 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 % Mujeres % Hombres
Law 9161 Reform to the article 77 (77bis) of the drug control Law Women arrested for introducing drugs to prisions Reduced minimun sentencing from 8 years to 3 years Alternatives to incarceration Women has to comply with certain criteria: o Extream proverty. o House holder in vulnearbility conditions. o To have children or other dependant people under their charge o Ealderly women 6
Prision Overpopulation Costa Rica Fuente: Ministerio de Justicia y Paz 2016
Justice Reforms in Costa Rica Law 9271 Electronic mechanisms for judicial supervision Law 9361 Reform to the Judicial Resgistry / archive Cancelation of criminal record after excarcelation: Inmidiately: Less than 3 years sentence 1 year: Sentences from 3 to 5 years 3 years: Sentences form 5 to 10 years 5 years: Sentences more than 10 years 10 years: Organized crime, terrorism, sexual assault, homicide, feminicidio. Restorative Justice Program Gender program Drug Treatment program under judicial supervision
Interinstitional network for excarcelated women COSTA RICA
Women sentenced for drug offesnes in Costa Rica 2010 a 2015 100 96 90 83 80 Introducci n droga centro penit. 71 64 Posesi n / Tenencia 60 56 56 54 50 Transporte 40 Tr fico Internacional 30 29 24 29 28 Venta 20 20 16 12 12 9 16 16 14 12 6 5 3 2 2 2 0 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Fuente: Dpto. Estad stica Poder Judicial 2016
Thank you! MUCHAS GRACIAS!
