Santos pardons 30 convicted FARC guerrillas
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Sunday pardoned 30 convicted FARC rebels as a sign of goodwill to the guerrilla group that is currently engaged in peace talks with the…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Sunday pardoned 30 convicted FARC rebels as a sign of goodwill to the guerrilla group that is currently engaged in peace talks with the…
Imprisoned members of Colombia’s largest guerrilla group the FARC are on hunger strike to demand that seriously injured jailed comrades are released and given medical treatment.
Colombia’s prison authority said Monday it had removed cell phones, iPads and other luxurious communication material from an infamous wing in Bogota’s La Picota prison that is home to dozens…
Nine of Colombia’s jails and prisons will be expanded in an attempt to reduce the country’s overcrowded penitentiaries, according to a report by National Penitentiary and Prison Institute. The program…
Ivan Cepeda Thursday urged the government to take action on the abominable conditions in Colombia’s prisons, amid reported hunger strikes and non-violent protests by inmates.
Bogota’s regional prosecutor general on Monday said the capital needs a new metropolitan prison to deal with severe overcrowding in detention centers. Jorge Eduardo Carranza, the regional prosecutor general in…
The Ministry of Justice on Thursday discussed plans to add capacity for 26,000 more inmates to combat systematic overcrowding in Colombian prisons. “One of the problems that have been identified…
The Cartagena prison where riots killed one on Sunday is managed by only 20 guards at a time, amid a grave state of overcrowding, reported Caracol Radio Tuesday. According to…
One inmate has been killed and at least three others injured after a fight broke out in a northern Colombia prison during visiting time, reported local media. According witnesses, many…