Colombia’s Justice Ministry announced Friday new measures to stop the problem of overcrowding in the country’s prisons. Justice minister Ruth Stella Correa said home detainment and the transfer of prisoners…
Officials at the infamous La Modelo prison in Bogota told the Colombian prison authority (INPEC) that COP77 million ($38,000) was stolen from a safe in the administrative section of the…
Three prisoners died and another 25 were injured during a riot at Bogota’s La Modelo prison, sparked by protests over the transfer of an inmate in a bid to control…