At the same time, the possible usefulness must be removed from such individuals : the penalties of penalized work applied to thieves in the basin of Mexico and the savanna of Bogota (1800-1835). ; Debiendo al mismo tiempo sacarse de tales individuos la posible utilidad : las penas de trabajos penados aplicadas a los ladrones en la cuenca de México y la sabana de Bogotá (1800-1835).

In this article I analyze the judicial sentences related to the punishment of forced labor in public works and presidio proffered by both viceregal and republican justices against criminals of short crimes such as thieves, in the areas of the basin of Mexico and the savannah of Bogotá. I am based on the methodology of Comparative History, in order to show the similarities and differences about the operation of said punishment modalities. I argue that such penalties constituted the well-served forms of punishment that had as an anchor point the exaction of the work compulsively developed by pri... Mehr ...