43 youths flee Bogota prison after arson and riot
After setting fire to their dormitories, 43 minors were able to flee from a youth detention...
Tag: overcrowding
Colombia to expand 9 prisons to fight overcrowding
Nine of Colombia’s jails and prisons will be expanded in an attempt to reduce the country’s...
Colombia’s Deputy Prosecutor General calls for changes in prison policy following deadly fire
Colombia’s Deputy Prosecutor General has called for changes in the country’s prison policy...
Colombia’s Inspector General’s Office to investigate prison officials following deadly jailhouse fire in coastal city
Colombia’s Inspector General’s Office announced Tuesday it will be looking into the...
Bogota prosecutor calls for new prison to aid overcrowding
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 Bogota, said...
Colombia plans to fight prison overcrowding with 26,000 new cells
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 in visits that the Ministry...
