Colombia’s prison crisis escalating as Ombudsman calls for closures
Colombia’s Ombudsman on Monday called for the closure of some of the nation’s prisons...
Tag: prison overcrowding
Colombia’s congress has 4 weeks to bar release of ‘2000 suspected child molesters’
Colombia’s congress and interim prosecutor general are bickering about who is responsible...
5000 Colombian prisoners on hunger strike to protest overcrowding
At least 5,000 Colombian inmates have gone on hunger strike across the country to protest...
35% of Colombia prisoners not convicted of crime
More than one-third of Colombian prisoners – 35% – have not been convicted of a crime, according to local media. Colombia’s prison authority INPEC says that of the some 117,000 people deprived of their...
South Colombia prison guards protest overcrowding
Prison guards in the south of Colombia on Wednesday protested overcrowding in their...
Colombia’s most crowded prison houses 438% of capacity: report
The Riohacha prison in Colombia’s northern coastal region is overcrowded by 438%, according...
Panama offers to pay for repatriation of Colombia prisoners
Panama President Ricardo Martinelli said Tuesday that Colombian prisoners in the jails of Panama...
1.6K inmates freed early in Colombia penal code reform, 3K more pending release
At least 1,600 low-risk prisoners have been granted early release by Colombian judges since January as part of a nationwide effort to ease overcrowding in prisons, reported national media Wednesday. The chief of Colombia’s...
