Decreto de Abril 17

Abstract

The image contains news about the Decree of April 17 that regulates punishment establishments. Art. 1. Each forced labor establishment will be in charge of a director whose functions and duties will be the following: 1º Keep three books for the good order of the establishment, the use of sentences, in which the affiliation of each of the prisoners, the crime because it has been convicted, the operative part of the first and second instance sentences with the expression of the court and tribunal that pronounced them, the day on which its execution begins to be counted, and the day on which it must end. One or more blank sheets will then be left in proportion to the time that the inmate must remain in the establishment to make notes of the behavior observed, attempted or completed escape that is proven, correctional punishments suffered, and other circumstances. that are necessary for the purposes of article 918 of the penal code. News published in the Official Registry newspaper, page. 7-18, Bogotá (2) 1839.