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versão impressa ISSN 2027-4688versão On-line ISSN 2539-4711
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ARIZA MARTINEZ, JUAN SEBASTIAN. Visiting and Quantify: the Population of the Royal Prison of Santafé According to the Visit Books (1776-1783). Front. hist. [online]. 2020, vol.25, n.1, pp.102-121. ISSN 2027-4688. https://doi.org/10.22380/20274688.822.
During the colonial regimen, the prison was understood as a control space used to hold back the people that altered the social order. Santafé, as the capital of the viceroyalty of Nuevo Reino de Granada, have had three jails (Royal prison, El Divorcio and the Chiquita prison), besides militia barracks, hospitals and convents, that was used to custody the criminals. This study will be about the Royal prison of Santafé, one of the most important in the viceroyalty, to understand the function of the institution during 18th century. Using the visits books of the authorities, the article established statistics about the population and identify the kind of crimes committed in the city between 1772 and 1800, to learn about the importance of this institution in Santafé.
Palavras-chave : prison; visits books; 18th century; order; History of crime.