TY - JOUR TI - The Rights of Prisoners in Spanish Constitutional Jurisprudence AU - Picón, Fernando Reviriego TI - The Rights of Prisoners in Spanish Constitutional Jurisprudence AB - This article analyzes the doctrine of the Spanish constitutional court on the rights of prisoners. In four decades, the constitutional court has issued a large number of judgments in this area, in matters related to the right to life, privacy, freedom of expression, education, judicial protection, secrecy of communications or the right to work of the prisoners. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in prisons during 2020 and 2021 is also addressed. VL - 2022 IS - Issue 2 (2022) PY - 2022 SN - 2544-2031 C1 - 2956-3623 SP - 31 EP - 62 DO - 10.4467/25442031PKO.22.011.16009 UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/przeglad-konstytucyjny/article/the-rights-of-prisoners-in-spanish-constitutional-jurisprudence KW - Spanish constitutional court KW - rights of prisoners KW - right to life KW - right to privacy KW - freedom of expression KW - right to education KW - judicial protection KW - secrecy of communications KW - right to work