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Latin American Prisons: Safe Havens and Recruitment Centers for Gangs
In Ecuador, an army intervention in prisons marked a response to gang leaders' escape, igniting countrywide chaos.
This event sheds light on a widespread issue...
Ecuador’s New Maximum-Security Prisons Amid Rising Violence
In 2024, Ecuador is set to embark on a critical initiative, commencing the construction of high-security prisons across the nation.
President Daniel Noboa initiates this...
In Ecuador, inmates have captured 57 security staff across six prisons
In Ecuador, inmates have captured 57 security staff across six prisons. The National Service for Offender Attention (SNAI) made this announcement.
SNAI manages the country's...
Honduran prisons undergo security operation, over 1,100 weapons confiscated
The recent security operation by the Military Police of Public Order (PMOP) in 25 Honduran prisons has led to the confiscation of 1,105 firearms,...
Honduras launches raids on prisons and draws comparisons with El Salvador’s tactics
Honduran authorities conducted simultaneous raids on three prisons, adopting tactics reminiscent of President Nayib Bukele's actions in neighboring El Salvador.
Security Secretary Gustavo Sanchez denied...
Honduran military police take control of prisons and conduct extensive searches
The Honduran Military Police has taken over the country's prisons and carried out thorough searches following a deadly clash in a female prison near...
Chile’s Justice Minister acknowledges that the country’s prisons are overcrowded
Chile's Minister of Justice, Luis Cordero, acknowledged Tuesday his concern regarding the country's prison facilities, which are going through an "overpopulation" situation that is...
Honduran president promises strong intervention in prisons following violent riots
Honduran President Xiomara Castro will announce a tough intervention and make new appointments in her security cabinet after riots occurred in four prisons over...
Brazil: arrested protesters report mistreatment in prisons
After spending days in a situation that is compared by some to Nazi concentration camps while waiting for the Federal Police to triage in...
A new security system is installed in the prisons of Ecuador
The Government of Ecuador has installed a new security system in the country's 36 prisons, valued at just over US$1.14 million, equipped with artificial...
New massacre reflects the spiral of violence and crisis in Ecuador’s prisons
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A new massacre was recorded this Monday at Prison Number 1 in the tropical city of Santo Domingo de...
Deaths in Uruguay’s prisons increased by 79% in 2021, UN Committee warns
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The UN Committee against Torture urged Uruguay on Friday to criminalize torture under Article 1 of the Convention against...
Brazilian inmates prefer Paraguayan prisons to federal prisons in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Paraguay's Minister of Justice Cecilia Pérez affirmed that most persons deprived of liberty of Brazilian nationality in Paraguayan territory...
Ex-cop implicated in trafficking of 185 tortoises in Galapagos is released because his “future is uncertain” in Ecuador’s prisons
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Specialized Criminal Court of the Provincial Court of Justice of Guayas ordered the release of Nixon Alejandro P....