Die of hanger in the prisons of Franco (1939-1945)
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Abstract
The objective of this paper is an approach to what were the conditions of life in postwar Francoist prisons, focusing on the consequences of poor nutrition that prisoners received. We make a brief tour of the memory of the prisoners who have left us constant references about the poor food supply. We study the rules sent to all prisons from the Dirección General de prisiones in which they established guidelines to follow in relation to the feeding of prisiones, showing a total disconnection from reality. We contrast these standards with the reports made by the doctors, in particular, the comprehensive report submitted by the doctor responsable of the Prisión Provincial de Ourense that call attention about the consequences of malnutrition. Finally, in the conclusions, we advance a figure on the number of deaths in prisons during the postwar, based on the limited data available.
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Francoism, repression, prison, post-civil war, famine, malnutrition
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