Call for papers. Revista Prisiones N° 9. First semester 2026

Special Issue: Super max regimen and solitary confinment

Call for papers

This call is for a special issue dedicated to Super max regimes and solitary confinment.

The choice of topic is due to the reproduction in recent months of various exceptional regimes within the Argentine prison system, associated with prisoners considered to be high-profile or specially risky (primarily due to their involvement in organised crime linked to drug trafficking) and characterised by regressive conditions of confinement and severe restrictions on their contact with other prisoners and with the outside world.

Preference will be given to papers that aim to:

Conduct discourse analysis of the regulations that have enabled these regimes, the parliamentary debates surrounding them, and the public statements made by the actors who have promoted them.
To empirically describe living conditions within these exceptional regimes and analyse the effects they have on prisoners and their families.
Conduct discourse analysis of the actions taken to debate the validity of these regimes and the arguments put forward by the various actors within the framework of these legal proceedings.
Empirically describe the operation of these exceptional prison regimes characterised by high levels of solitary confinment in other parts of the world, thereby facilitating a comparative perspective on this development at the local level.

With the aim of including research in this issue that reflects the realities of different geographical contexts, articles will be accepted in Spanish, English and Portuguese, with the Journal providing translation for publication.

Terms and conditions for papers

Paper submission: July 15, 2026
Language: Spanish, English or Portuguese (Journal will translate It into Spanish).
Style guidelines and peer review system in https://www.derecho.uba.ar/publicaciones/revista-ceep/pautas.php
Submission of papers and queries: prisionesrevistapenal@derecho.uba.ar