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South America
Overcrowding
El servicio penitenciario de Ecuador incorporará en junio a un centenar de funcionarios que tendrán como misión trabajar en los procedimientos que permitan reducir el hacinamiento en las cárceles del país, escenario de motines que se han cobrado la vida de unos 400 reos en los últimos dos años.
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Central America and the Caribbean
Violence
Ecuador: thirteen killed in prison riot
Thirteen prisoners were killed at a prison in the Ecuadorean city of Santo Domingo on Monday, Ecuador’s
News
South America
Material conditions
Violence
Ecuador: gang members are rounded up in prison
Military commanders were seen raiding and rounding up gang members in an Ecuador prison searching
Ecuador: un enfrentamiento entre bandas rivales en una cárcel de Ecuador deja al menos 24 muertos
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News
South America
Discipline
Violence
Ecuador: un enfrentamiento entre bandas rivales en una cárcel de Ecuador deja al menos 24 muertos
Un enfrentamiento entre bandas rivales del Centro
News
Central America and the Caribbean
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.
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South America
Justice
Violence
Ecuador: state of emergency declared amid prison chaos
Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa on Monday declared a state of emergency for 60 days a day
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South America
Protest
Violence
Ecuador: security forces launch major prison operation
Security forces have launched an operation in a major prison complex in the port city
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South America
Justice
Material conditions
Torture
Ecuador: a judge orders investigation into alleged torture in prisons
An Ecuadorian judge has ordered the Ombudsman’s Office to investigate alleged
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Central America and the Caribbean
Solo unos días después de que se decretara el Estado de Excepción en las cárceles, dos presos eran asesinados en la Penitenciaría del Litoral y, el anterior director del Servicio de Atención a Adultos Privados de la Libertad y Adolescentes Infractores (SNAI), Ernesto Pazmiño, aseguraba que se neces…
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Coronavirus
South America
Health
Protest
Ecuador: two inmates die in Lacatunga’s prison riot
Prisoners demanded better health conditions and accused the authorities of condemning them
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South America
Violence
Ecuador: Papa Francisco lamenta violencia en cárcel
Al menos 118 personas perdieron las vida luego de que el martes comenzara una serie de
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Central America and the Caribbean
Ecuador: los controles en las cárceles son frágiles
El Comercio
Ecuador
News
South America
Protest
Violence
Ecuador: agony of brutal prison massacre endures for bereaved relatives
At least 119 inmates died in a Guayaquil jail after local gangs’ links
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South America
Protest
Violence
Ecuador: President declares state of emergency following deadly prison riots
Officials in Ecuador say order has been restored at prisons in three
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Central America and the Caribbean
Violence
Al menos seis presos heridos dejaron “incidentes” registrados el lunes en una cárcel de Ecuador, donde se produjeron dos masacres en 2021, informó el organismo estatal encargado de administrar las prisiones SNAI.
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South America
Protest
Violence
Ecuador: UN experts call for urgent action to stop prison violence
UN human rights experts today called on Ecuador to take urgent action to prevent
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South America
Violence
Ecuador: recovering remains after prison violence, death toll unclear
Reuters
Ecuador
News
South America
Violence
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Coronavirus
South America
Health
Ecuador: exigen medidas ante brotes de Covid-19 en cárceles
TeleSur
Ecuador
News
South America
Violence
El Gobierno relaciona los altercados en la prisión de la provincia de Santo Domingo con un amotinamiento