Paulina enters the Center for Social Rehabilitation Cotopaxi no. 1 at 07:30, goes through rigorous security checks and administrative procedures before arriving at the prison pavilions where the education blocks are located.

His routine is repeated in this center by another 62 teachers and A total of 369 teachers who provide services in the modality of confinement in prisons (CPL). The Ministry of Education’s press release highlighted the work of Pauline and her colleagues. We are withholding the woman’s full name due to social responsibility, but her work, like the work of her peers, must be known and recognized amid the announced rehabilitation of prisons.

It is gratifying to know that the educational offer takes place in detention centers and that it ranges from literacy to high school and technical high school, which aims to give prisoners legal tools to face the outside world when they regain their freedom.

The dissemination of information offered by the Ministry of Education is timely to congratulate those who dedicate themselves to teaching even in adverse conditions, but it is also permissible to recommend safety for this type of work and to protect the possibilities of rehabilitation.

In the record of deprivation of liberty for this year, as of June 23, it was determined that 19,915 prisoners were sentenced, and criminal proceedings were initiated against 10,715. In the first group are the most powerful candidates for entry into prison education programs.

According to the Government, the work of teachers is also aimed at monitoring and guiding those who want to continue their university studies after finishing high school. Paulina is the visible face of a work that deserves to be replicated and which is desirable to be effective for real and responsible rehabilitation. (OR)