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 center in the south of Bogota, according to local media.
After setting fire to their dormitories, 43 minors were able to flee from a youth detention center in the south of Bogota, according to local media.
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…
Colombia’s Deputy Prosecutor General has called for changes in the country’s prison policy following a deadly jailhouse fire that broke out in the north of the country, reportedly killing 10…
Colombia’s Inspector General’s Office announced Tuesday it will be looking into the conduct of prison officials in relation to Monday night’s deadly prison fire on the Colombian coast, reported W…
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…