The following book outlines on a theoretical and legal level the possibility of enshrining the criminal liability of legal persons in Colombia, as well as a position on the matter of punishment depriving corporate autonomy. To this end, the necessity and convenience of the penalty, the systems of imputation of criminal liability on these entities, the good practices of corporate governance in terms of crime prevention, the viability of this regime of criminal liability at the international level, and finally, the function of the penalty and the corporate custodial penalty, will be presented.