International Diploma
Building Citizen Security
A critical and transformative training on restorative justice, sentence execution, gender perspective and collective care. Designed to build security based on dignity, not punishment.
Secretaría de Extensión
A continuity, a transformation
The diploma was born in 2021 with an unprecedented feature in the Spanish-speaking world: it was coordinated entirely from inside a maximum-security prison unit. This is its fifth cohort, with four editions previously completed (2021, 2022, 2023 and 2025) and thousands of registered students from 25 countries across Latin America and Europe.
This diploma continues the work started in the 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2025 editions, which consolidated a diverse community of knowledge: people in prison, judicial operators, prison staff, teachers, researchers, victims, released people, families and the general community.
The 2026 edition focuses on security based on restorative justice, social integration and collective care, challenging punitive models that perpetuate exclusion. It seeks to deconstruct narratives of enmity and to promote otherness as a reflection of our shared humanity.
Cross-cuttingly, emphasis is placed on the gender perspective and the inclusion of LGBTIQ+ people in the design of citizen security policies and practices.
General objectives
- Transform the predominant punitive and repressive paradigms, proposing citizen security centered on justice and social integration.
- Promote an ethics of care that prioritizes well-being, human dignity and mental health as pillars of democratic coexistence.
- Address crime and security from an inclusive, restorative approach with a gender perspective.
Who is it for?
No need to prove prior studies.
- People in prison and released people
- Victims of various crimes
- Affected families and communities
- Prison staff
- Professionals in law, mental health, social work, criminology
- Teachers, researchers and students
- General community interested in the topic
Certification
University Extension Diploma issued by the Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, through the Secretaría de Extensión of the Facultad de Trabajo Social y Ciencias de la Salud. General coordination is in charge of Universidad Liberté.
Requirement: 75% attendance at synchronous meetings and submission of practical work.
6 thematic pillars
The gender perspective runs across all the pillars.
Restorative Justice Cross-cutting
A path different from punishment, which seeks to repair harm and rebuild bonds. Dialogue, recognition, responsibility and care for those who suffered. Victims, people who caused harm and the community have an active role.
Gender Cross-cutting
Face gender inequalities head-on, inside and outside prison. Citizen security policies with a gender perspective that focus on the care of women and LGBTIQ+ people: motherhood, sexual and reproductive health, housing conditions. Empathy, respect and equity.
Mental Health and Family
Confinement devastates subjectivity and with it dismantles family ties, partners, sons and daughters, friendships. Under the logic of emotional care, the rebuilding of the wounded social bond and the hope of a transformed future, mental health is proposed as a fundamental right for the recovery of people in prison.
Work and Self-Management
Work in confinement should not be punishment or exploitation. Cooperative self-management, popular economy, food sovereignty. Looking at experiences such as Cooperativa Liberté.
Education
Education in prison is neither a prize nor a temporary way out: it is a right, a commitment to oneself, a window to the world. Thinking, creating, transforming. Art, health care, work and reflection as parts of a meaningful life project.
Sentence Execution
Review how sentences are served from a human rights perspective. Alternatives that do not break ties or deepen exclusion. Long sentences, access to rights, victim participation in restorative processes.
6 months of study
One live class per month (last Saturday, 10 AM to 1 PM Argentina time) and weekly practical activity by email.
How it works
Monthly live class
The last Saturday of each month, 10 AM to 1 PM (ARG) on Zoom. 7 live meetings in total. A space for debate, questions and collective work.
Weekly practical activity
Each week you receive the material and assignment by email. Readings, reflections and practices to apply what you've worked on in your territory.
Multi-platform
Zoom, Virtual Campus, Radio Liberté online and FM, YouTube channel. The training reaches wherever you are, also behind the walls.
Territorial project
Optional: apply what you've learned to a concrete issue in your community, with the support of the teaching team.
29 teachers — 5 countries
Argentina, Peru, Spain, Colombia and Ecuador. A diverse Ibero-American community of knowledge.
Institutions that accompany us
Universities, research bodies, NGOs and networks with extensive academic and territorial experience.
Academic coordination: Ricardo Augman & Diana Márquez
Certified by: Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata · Facultad de Trabajo Social y Ciencias de la Salud (Secretaría de Extensión) · Coordinated by: Universidad Liberté · Venue: Unidad 15 — Batán
What you want to know before signing up
Is there any cost?
Do I need prior studies?
How exactly is the course structured?
- One live class per month — the last Saturday of each month, from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM (Argentina time) on Zoom. There are 7 synchronous meetings in total, from June 27 to December 5, 2026.
- Weekly practical activity by email — each week you receive the material and the assignment to submit on the Virtual Campus.
I already did previous cohorts. Can I take it again?
What do I need to attend?
What's required to get certified?
Are spots limited?
Can I develop a project in my territory?
How will you contact me after I sign up?
Did you already attend a previous edition?
We're waiting for you again. Each year we renew content, add new teachers, and deepen the pillars with what we've learned. Those who already went through the diploma in 2021, 2022, 2023 or 2025 come with different questions — and that enriches the whole cohort. Sign up with the same ID document and it goes in your Instituto history.
Join the 2026 cohort
Fill out the form and receive confirmation by email. We'll write to you before the start with the Zoom link and Campus access.
Your registration is confirmed!
We sent you a confirmation email with all the details. If you don't see it in a few minutes, check the spam or promotions folder. See you on June 27.
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