Derechos humanos y permanencia de los niños en el Centro de Rehabilitación Social Ambato

Abstract

The purpose of the investigation is to analize the children´s human rights in the Ambato Social Rehabilitation Center because it is a topic of social interest. Millions of children are in prisons around the world which brings negative consequencues and harmful effects on their develpment, being the state and the prison system who have ignored the situations of these infants so their needs stay unattended and their rights are violeted. The methodology used is based on qualitative and quantitative approaches performing an analysis of documents and investigations previously executed where the main characteristics of the variables were obtained. The descriptive method allowed to study each variable where positive and negative aspects of human rights and permanence of children in prison were achieved. Three surveys were also applied that evaluated: human rights and permanence that facilitated to understand the development of the problema according to the situation of each member of th population. Establishing a vision of human rights in the Ambato Social Rehabilitation Center will contribute to give a better treatment fot children under three years old, thereby generate an environment of respect and create better conditions for their permanence in prison.