This work has been carried out with the purpose of analyzing the level of incidence of the Preventive Prison in prison overpopulation in Castro Castro and Lurigancho penitentiaries, in the East Lima Judicial District, 2017. The type of study according to the purpose that pursues basic , according to the descriptive research design, the quantitative method with documentary analysis is used
The present study is based on the documentary analysis of the different statistical reports issued by the National Penitentiary Institute (INPE) and the National Institute of Statistics (INEI) in the period January-February 2017.
