Guatemala
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.
Guatemala: el país tiene la tasa de ocupación más alta en cárceles de Latinoamérica
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Guatemala: sangriento motín en cárcel de Guatemala deja siete reos decapitados
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Guatemala: Exdirector de cárceles preso por corrupción muere por COVID-19
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Guatemala: el presidente Giammattei realizará cambios en las cárceles
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Guatemala: justicia suspende polémica reducción de penas de cárcel
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Guatemala: en 10 años creció en 300% la prisión preventiva
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Guatemala : El 41% de personas lleva más de dos años en prisión preventiva
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.Source — Repùblica
Guatemala: IDPP trabaja en deshacinar las cárceles con redención de penas
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.Source — Publinews
Guatemala: el incontrolable negocio de las pandillas en las cárceles
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.Source — PanamPost
Guatemala : diputados debatirán este martes proyecto prohíbe celulares en cárceles
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.Source — El nuevo diario
Guatemala : las 10 causas más comunes de consulta en las cárceles del país
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.Source — el Periódico
Guatemala prison clash leaves one dead, five injured
One prisoner died and five were injured in a clash involving some 50 inmates in Guatemala, state prison authorities said.Source — Pakistan Observer
Pandillas y narcos controlan cárceles en Guatemala
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.Source — Prensa libre
Guatemala: aldana apoya cerrar cárceles en sede militar
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.Source — La Prensa Grafica
New Guatemala prison facility readies female convicts’ return to society
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.Source — Latin America Herald Tribune
Guatemala : le désastreux système de protection des mineurs
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.Source — Le Parisien
Mutinerie au Guatemala : 3 otages libérés et 3 surveillants tués
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.Source — Romandie
Guatemala police rescue hostages from rioting youth jail inmates
Riot police in Guatemala have entered a youth detention centre and rescued four hostages from rioting inmates.Source — BBC
Two killed, several injured in riot at Guatemala prison
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.Source — CTV News
Guatemala : Trasladan de cárcel a 164 pandilleros del Barrio 18
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.Source — Prensa Libre
Guatemala implementará un sistema de videoconferencias en las cárceles
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.Source — TVN Noticias
Guatemala : Pérez Molina y Baldetti ejercen poder desde la cárcel
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.Source — El periódico
Guatemala : Attempted Uprising Highlights Lack of Control in Guatemala Prisons
A prison riot in Guatemala highlights a broken system that continues to suffer from overcrowding, rising violence and a lack of organizational leadership – all of which likely exacerbates the nation’s gang problems. The riot occurred on October 6 at the high-security Boquerón prison in the Santa Ro…Source — Insight Crime
Guatemala : Una jungla tras las rejas de Guatemala
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.Source — El Mundo
