Capítulo V. Medidas de seguridad

Security and correction measures shall be imposed:

a)When conditions concur that preclude the application of a penalty by reason of inimputability.

b)When the repetition of the crimes referred to in this law gives well-founded grounds to presume the continuation of criminal practices, or the commission of criminal activities that endanger society and the juridical interests protected by the present law.

Security and correction measures shall cease when the circumstances that gave rise to their imposition disappear, but

The competent tribunals, when hearing the crimes referred to in this law, may impose the following security measures:

a)Special Internment. Which shall consist of the internment of the person not criminally responsible in a suitable place to care for his person and to seek his cure. When the judge deems it advisable, he may establish outpatient treatment, fixing the therapeutic obligations of the person subjected to the measure, under the control of the tribunal.

b)Work Regime. It may be ordered that repeat and habitual offenders, as well as dangerous persons, be subjected to a special work regime in one of the country's penitentiary agricultural farms.

c)Special Prohibitions. The prohibition on residing in a given place or on frequenting specific places may be ordered.