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December 7, 2021

Ecuador: UN experts call for urgent action to stop prison violence

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During the most recent outbreak of violence, on 12 November, at least 62 inmates were killed and 44 were injured at the Centre of Deprivation of Liberty Guayas Nr. 1 (El Litoral Penitentiary) near the coastal city of Guayaquil. This was the fourth deadly riot at the prison this year. A few days ear1

Source — Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner

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November 25, 2021

Ecuador: La realidad de las mujeres transgénero en las cárceles

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October 14, 2021

Ecuador: Papa Francisco lamenta violencia en cárcel

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October 13, 2021

Ecuador: agony of brutal prison massacre endures for bereaved relatives

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It was the deadliest prison riot Ecuador has ever seen, and the scale and savagery of the violence has stunned the country. But it was the third such upheaval in Ecuador this year: in July, 22 prisoners were slaughtered in the same prison; in February, 79 inmates were killed in coordinated clashes1

Source — The Guardian

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September 29, 2021

Ecuador: un enfrentamiento entre bandas rivales en una cárcel de Ecuador deja al menos 24 muertos

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July 27, 2021

Equateur : le pays déclare "l'état d'urgence" dans ses prisons

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July 27, 2021

Ecuador: Guillermo Lasso decreta cuatro medidas urgentes para combatir la violencia en las cárceles

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July 27, 2021

Ecuador: beneficios de prelibertad a favor de los presos tardan en otorgarse

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March 1, 2021

Ecuador: prison riots leave 79 dead, including 34 in Cuenca. Gang wars result in beheadings, dismemberments

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According to Ecuador’s interior ministry, the number of inmates killed in gang warfare in Cuenca, Guayaquil and Latacunga prisons was at least 79. Earlier Tuesday, the ministry said that 62 had died but said later that it had discovered additional bodies and body parts. The death count early, by pr1

Source — Cuenca high life

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March 1, 2021

Ecuador: President declares state of emergency following deadly prison riots

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Officials in Ecuador say order has been restored at prisons in three cities, where authorities said at least 75 inmates died in riots between rival gangs. President Lenín Moreno declared the national prison system in a state of emergency and ordered stepped-up security measures.    Officials say au1

Source — Voice of America

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March 1, 2021

Ecuador: violentos motines dejan más de 75 muertos en tres cárceles

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February 25, 2021

Équateur : des mutineries dans trois prisons font 79 morts

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June 24, 2020

Ecuador: exigen medidas ante brotes de Covid-19 en cárceles

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June 17, 2020

Ecuador: two inmates die in Lacatunga's prison riot

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Ecuador’s National Service for the Comprehensive Care of Adults Deprived of their Liberty and Adolescent Offenders (SNAI) Thursday reported two convicts died after an inmate riot in North Central Sierra Regional prison, located in Lacatunga, in Cotopaxi province. “The two dead are Walter M., who wa1

Source — Telesur

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February 26, 2020

Ecuador: tensión por ahorcamiento de seis presos en la cárcel de Turi en Cuenca

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August 15, 2019

Ecuador: ¿Qué cambió el Estado de Excepción?

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July 22, 2019

Ecuador: mejorar la alimentación en las cárceles sigue siendo un pendiente

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June 6, 2019

Equator: infraestructura y reformas del periodo correísta agravaron crisis carcelaria

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April 22, 2019

Ecuador: los centros de rehabilitación de Cuenca, Latacunga y Guayaquil no tienen comedores.

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March 4, 2019

Ecuador: los controles en las cárceles son frágiles

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February 26, 2019

Équateur : 26 bandas criminales operan en las cárceles

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January 27, 2019

Ecuador: luces y sombras en las cárceles

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Source — Expreso ec.

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November 19, 2018

Equateur : Ernesto Pazmiño reconoce problemas de hacinamiento y de corrupción en las cárceles del país

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Source — Expreso

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June 10, 2018

Ecuador: 11 presos han muerto en 8 cárceles este 2018

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Source — El Comercio

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