At least 49 dead after ‘prison break attempt’ in west Colombia
At least 49 people reportedly died and another 30 were injured in a fire during an alleged prison...
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Colombia massacred 24 inmates during coronavirus prison riot
Prison authorities in Colombia’s capital Bogota massacred 24 inmates after protests over...
Court intervenes as coronavirus spreads to six of Colombia’s prisons
Colombia’s Constitutional Court ordered the country’s prison authority to speed up...
How to turn Colombia’s prisons into coronavirus death camps and stay positive
It took months of inaction, but Colombia’s government finally turned Villavicencio’s...
Six months in office and Colombia’s prison chief already facing criminal charges
Colombia’s prison chief has barely been in office for half a year and is already facing...
Coronavirus confirmed in one of Colombia’s largest prison
Two inmates in Bogota’s La Picota prison tested positive for the coronavirus, authorities...
Colombia orders mass release of inmates after coronavirus deaths trigger prison protests
Colombia’s Justice Ministry ordered the mass release of prisoners on Tuesday after...
Colombia’s prison authority reports first coronavirus death after weeks of government inaction
Colombia’s prisons are about to blow after authorities confirmed the first fatal coronavirus...
‘Colombia to release more than 10,000 inmates from prison over coronavirus fears’
Colombia’s justice minister said she will allow more than 10,000 inmates to temporarily...
Colombia says at least 23 killed, 91 injured in mass prison riots
Riots that broke out in 13 prisons throughout Colombia on Saturday left at least 23 people killed...
Coronavirus fears spur riots in Colombia’s overcrowded prisons
Inmates’ fears that prison guards are not doing enough to prevent coronavirus outbreaks...
Witness who flipped in Uribe trial transferred over security concerns
The witness who reportedly confirmed receiving bribes from the fixer of Colombia’s former...
