This article describes the situation suffered by the Penitentiary Establishment of Cómbita - Boyacá, as a reflection of the national prison crisis; begins by making a historical account of the history of prisons in Colombia, to then raise the existing crisis regarding the re-socialization process and what really happens taking as reference the point of view of different Latin American and national scholars of the subject that have explained from its point of view the reason for the crisis, denounced that although their rights have been recognized by the Constitutional Court, the entities in charge of the operations of the prisons fall short to meet the demand for services required, that is why this article highlights the state abandonment, ...