Restitution of authority in prisons
In 1992, the 'restitution of authority' was implemented in Peruvian maximum security prisons, transforming the prisons into spaces that undermined the human security of the inmates, in contrast to the institutional weakness of the 1980s that had allowed the organization of the PCP-SL.
Beginning in 1992, the policy of 'restitution of authority' was implemented in Peru's maximum security prisons. If in the 1980s prison authority represented extreme weakness and impotence that allowed the PCP-SL to organize itself politically and ideologically in the prisons, this new policy radically transformed prison conditions. The maximum security prisons became spaces that undermined everything that gives security to human beings. This measure was part of a set of policies implemented together with the new anti-terrorist legislation of May 1992, which established severe penalties and special procedures for cases of terrorism and treason.