Prison and overcrowding: territoriality Does the solution or the problem?

Abstract

In this research is developed an analysis of the prison environment, in from the processes of territoriality exposed from environmental psychology. This phenomenological analysis are addressed through in-depth interviews, life history, cognitive maps and Test grid Kelly, as internal vivencia the territoriality in prison settings. An analysis is made from the type of territories exposed by Altman, finding examples of the construction of primary, secondary and public lands. The main conclusions are recognized that the territorial dynamics of space in the prison environment leads to building relationships of power and space configuration and everyday life, equally important elements are set to be thought an intervention process according to the results obtained in the studio flat.