Colombia
Seen in the press
Read our selection of press reports about this country. This is a short description of prison conditions on a national scale. It gives an account of the preceding year’s events.
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 due to extreme overcrowding and a chronic humanitarian crisis that is unfolding, reported El Pais newspaper.Source — Colombia Reports
Colombia : Cancillería confirma ejecución de colombiano en China
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.Source — El Heraldo
Colombia : Colombia's Mirror: War and Drug Trafficking in the Prison System
Colombia’s prisons are a reflection of the multiple conflicts that have plagued the country for the last half-century. Paramilitaries, guerrillas and drug trafficking groups have vied for control of the jails where they can continue to manage their operations on the outside. Instead of corralling t…Source — Insight Crime
Colombie : le laboratoire carcéral de l’oncle Sam
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.Source — Le Courrier
Inside Colombia’s hottest new restaurant where the inmates of a women’s prison are in charge
Visitors are flocking to a new gourmet restaurant in Cartagena with a difference; it’s located inside the San Diego women’s prison and the inmates in pink turbans cook and serve the food. Restaurante Interno opened in December and has already attracted a strong turnout in the tourist town. Visitors…Source — Lonely Planet
Colombia : Report Slams Colombia's Failure to Control Prison Overcrowding
A report by Colombia’s Comptroller General details the state’s failure to control runaway overcrowding in prisons despite major investments, highlighting the deep-rooted issues that Latin American states consistently fail to address in reforming their crumbling penitentiary systems. The report desc…Source — Insight Crime
Colombia : Sigue creciendo número de personas hacinadas en estaciones de policía
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.Source — El Tiempo
Colombia : los presos de las FARC que se manifiestan por la paz en la cárcel
Sorry, this article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.Source — Univision
Colombia : cárcel de mujeres de Cartagena supera un hacinamiento del 150%
El centro carcelario tiene capacidad para 50 y hay más de 180 internas. Según Ramiro Cuadro García director de la cárcel de mujeres San Diego de Cartagena han tenido que hacer hasta lo imposible para acomodar a todas las internas que hay y que van llegando todos los días al centro penitenciario. “L…Source — Caracol
Colombia : Sorry, we can't let you go on honeymoon! Amazing pictures show 17 prisoners of a tough Colombian jail get hitched in mass wedding behind bars
A notorious high-security prison in Colombia allowed 17 of its inmates to get married yesterday to their long-term girlfriends. The mass ceremony at the Carcel Villa Hermosa prison in Cali, Colombia saw the happy couples sign up to spend the rest of their lives together, once their husbands have co…Source — Dailymail
Colombie : noce collective dans une prison
La prison colombienne de Villahermosa a servi vendredi à la fois d’église et de salle des fêtes pour le mariage collectif de 17 détenus qui, en dépit d’être derrière les barreaux, ont décidé de s’unir à leurs fiancées.Source — Courrier International
Colombie : enquête sur 400 disparitions dans une prison de Bogota
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.Source — Le Point
Colombia : Cárcel la Tramacúa de Valledupar, al borde del cierre
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.Source — El Colombiano
Colombia : Ni agua para los presos de la cárcel de Valledupar
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.Source — Semana
Colombia : Procuraduría evidenció crisis humanitaria en cárceles de Santander
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.Source — El Tiempo
Colombia : Colombia Raids 'Luxury' Prison Wing
Colombia’s prison authorities have moved to “retake” a section of the country’s most notorious prison, after reports emerged of the luxury lifestyles of the wealthy inmates living there. Colombia’s National Penitentiary and Prison Institute (INPEC) raided what is popularly known as the “parapolitic…Source — Insight Crime
Colombia : La peor crisis carcelaria en la historia
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish versionSource — El Universal
Colombia : Arrests Show Reach of Colombia Prison-Based Extortion Gangs
Police in Colombia have dismantled a prison-based extortion gang that operated in numerous prisons and cities across the country, demonstrating just how coordinated and sophisticated such networks have become. Colombia’s anti-extortion and kidnapping police, the Gaula, have arrested 16 women and 5…Source — Insight Crime