Puente Grande, Jalisco.- Internals of the Sentenced Police Station from Big bridgewhich presumably belong to the self-government of the place, subdued and held to desks to 12 inmatesin some cases up to three daysregardless of whether they were mercy of the sun and suffered from mental disorders.
The National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture (MNPT), of the National Human Rights Commission (CNDH), documented the facts in a supervision visit carried out on March 24sources close to the case reported.
Those affected were found sitting and tied hands and feet in desks in the patio of module 2 BIS, where people with psychiatric illnesses are located.
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According to official letter CNDH/DEMNPT/017/2022, during the visit, the MNPT reported that 12 men with psychosocial disabilities were bound with padlocks Y they used plastic bottles to urinate that left them aside.
After this, he also verified that the penitentiary center it did not have protocols or manuals that justified this type of measures or sanctionsor medical monitoring for your application.
The document suggests that those responsible would have obeyed orders from public servants of the prison itselfalthough the sources maintained that it was all part of the punishments that the self-government implements on the site, like others that have already been documented in various CNDH recommendations.
In this regard, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights has determined that it is possible to hold the State responsible for the cruel treatment suffered by an inmate if an investigation of the facts is not carried outfollowed by prosecution of the offenders.
After the visit to Puente Grande, the MNPT sent a letter to the Secretary of State Security (SSE), to which the Department of Prevention and Social Reintegration depends, to request precautionary measures that safeguard the rights of victims and inmates who have some mental impairment in general.
The SSE reported that Reintegration has already been ordered to attend to the problem to ensure that it does not recur.
The MNPT was created in 2017 based on the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment, which Mexico signed in 2003 and ratified in 2005, and whose guidelines would have been violated with this incident.
According to sources, these are some of the activities of the inmates that dominate in prisons.
* Violation of prison regulations
* They allow people deprived of liberty to perform exclusive functions of the authority or security personnel
* Disciplinary sanctions
* Illicit activities such as extortion and bribery
* sexual exploitation
* Distribution of illicit objects and substances within establishments
* Improper use of the supply for feeding the population
* Charge for services
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12-21-2021. José Guadalupe “A”, linked to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, He escaped from the Metropolitan Prison with the help of a public servant from the legal area, who turned out to be Verónica “R”, her sentimental partner.
05-22-2020: An attack against the leader of the self-government in the Sentenced Police Station generated a reaction that ended with eight dead inmates and the same number of wounded.
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01-10-2020: The businessman Horacio “S”, arrested for alleged fraud, was captured in a conviviality with intoxicating drinks while he was in the Preventive Prison.
03-30-2020: Despite the restrictions and alert due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Women’s Prison held a pool on March 30.
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