Central America and the Caribbean
Central America and the Caribbean
Health
Material conditions
Haiti
Haiti Children working with other nonprofits, and Haitians to feed 4,200 prisoners living in dismal conditions
Central America and the Caribbean
Women
Guatemala
Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales and the US assistant secretary of state for the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, William Brownfield, inaugurated Monday the penitentiary management model’s first rehabilitation and reintegration center for some 160 female inmates.
Central America and the Caribbean
Protest
Violence
Mexico
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Central America and the Caribbean
Haiti
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Central America and the Caribbean
Haiti
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Central America and the Caribbean
Guatemala
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Central America and the Caribbean
Protest
Violence
Guatemala
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Central America and the Caribbean
Guatemala
Riot police in Guatemala have entered a youth detention centre and rescued four hostages from rioting inmates.
Central America and the Caribbean
Protest
Guatemala
A riot erupted Sunday at a prison for juveniles and adults, and authorities said two jail monitors were killed and several other people suffered injuries.
Central America and the Caribbean
Guatemala
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Central America and the Caribbean
Drugs
Mexico
Guards at one of Mexico’s high-security prisons have to worry much more about criminals breaking in than busting out.
Despite a price tag of more than 2 billion pesos ($98 million), the Papantla prison built for about 2,000 men in the eastern state of Veracruz does not have a single inmate, and onl…
Central America and the Caribbean
Mexico
After we posed the question Why Aren’t We Talking About Mexican Prisons? in a previous post, it seemed appropriate to revisit the issue after a documentary series aired on the new open broadcast channel in Mexico, Imagen Televisión, showed once again how little media attention, if any, is paid to t…
Central America and the Caribbean
Haiti
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Central America and the Caribbean
Honduras
In San Pedro Sula’s jailhouse, chaos reigns. The inmates, trapped in their collective misery, battle for control over every inch of their tight quarters. Farm animals and guard dogs roam free and feed off scraps, which can include a human heart. Every day is visitors’ day, and the economy bustles w…
Central America and the Caribbean
Health
Violence
Haiti
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Central America and the Caribbean
Pre-trial detention
Justice
Haiti
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Central America and the Caribbean
Honduras
Paul Connolly writes about his experience in the rat-infested hell-hole Honduran jail.
Central America and the Caribbean
Cuba
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Central America and the Caribbean
Mexico
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