At least 129 dead and 59 injured in attempted escape from Congo’s largest prison
An attempted escape from Makala prison, the largest in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), ended early Monday morning with ...
Tag: prisons
Prisoners starving to death in the prison that was part of Pablo Escobar’s opulent estate
The prison in Puerto Triunfo, Antioquia, is called El Pesebre. It is surrounded by hippos, tigers, elephants, jaguars, zebras, lions ...
Daniel Sancho’s long prison term in Thailand after his conviction for the murder of Edwin Arrieta
Darling Arrieta tried to spend Wednesday night in peace. She said to herself: “Lord, we are in your hands.” She ...
Riots in Chile’s most secure prison mark a milestone in the custody of organized crime
The Special High Security Penitentiary (REPAS), the main high-security prison in Chile, located in the Centro de Justicia neighborhood in ...
The algorithm that evaluates the dangerousness of Catalan prisoners works in a “random” way
The Catalan penitentiary system has been using an algorithm, RisCanvi, for 15 years, which is supposed to help judges make ...
The UN considers the detention of José Rubén Zamora arbitrary and calls for his immediate release
The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention considers that the deprivation of liberty of Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora, ...
Steve Bannon sent to prison to serve four months for contempt of Congress
Steve Bannon, an adviser to former President Donald Trump and ideologue of the national-populist international, was jailed on Monday to ...
The corrupt plot of the Puerto III prison: 9,000 euros for a permit, 15,000 for a third degree
From 9,000 euros for a permit to 15,000 for a third degree. The alleged price catalog managed by the corrupt ...
Wild animals and a call center for extortion: this was ‘El Infiernito’, the Guatemalan prison controlled by gangs
Guatemalan police found crocodiles, foxes and other wild animals this Sunday, after taking control of the "El Infiernito" security prison ...
Without cell phones and focused on social reintegration: the first electoral debate held in a prison in Mexico
Mexico has held an electoral debate in a prison for the first time. The Electoral Institute of Mexico City and ...
