Deputy Prosecutor stands between Colombia war criminals and their freedom
The Prosecutor General’s Office has received 47 requests for conditional freedom by demobilized paramilitaries under the Justice and Peace Law.
The Prosecutor General’s Office has received 47 requests for conditional freedom by demobilized paramilitaries under the Justice and Peace Law.
Colombia’s prison guards resume protests in an ongoing attempt to force the government to curb overcrowding and improve working conditions, local media reported Tuesday.
Prison guards in the south of Colombia on Wednesday protested overcrowding in their penitentiaries, working conditions for staff and low wages, among other issues.
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.
A decision by Colombia’s Constitutional Court will open the door for indigenous individuals convicted of crimes to serve their prison sentences within their respective communities and not in ordinary prison, local media reported…
Authorities in northern Colombia said Wednesday that 14 people have so far died following a prison fire in the city of Barranquilla last week.
Convicted Medellin crime lord “Cesarin” got lost only days after a judge in central Colombia allowed him to leave prison and serve his 20-year sentence at home.
The Villahermosa prison in the city of Cali has become Colombia’s most overcrowded prison as it has a 1677 inmate capacity now accommodates 4700 prisoners, reported newspaper El Pais.
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…