We reviewed the resolution issued by a chamber of that area, which lacks legal support, stressed the country’s Minister of Government, Marco Antonio Villeda, quoted by the Central America state newspaper.

We are confident that the Constitutional Court will reverse this measure, remarked the official, who also addressed the situation of the project for a prison in Masagua, Escuintla.

This is moving towards the bidding stage, after being held for years due to administrative problems, but the outstanding processes have already been overcome and the pre-investment phase has been completed, which will allow its execution to begin, said Villeda.

The Interior Ministry also proposes, according to the media, the readjustment of existing prisons so that they meet international standards.

In the long term, he pointed out, rehabilitation processes for convicts are being integrated, so that the prison system does not only fulfill a punitive function.

The Ministry of the Interior will graduate 600 new elements for this year, in order to strengthen the Penitentiary System and the comprehensive strategy of security in the nation, the report stated.

The plan includes improving staff training and working conditions and driving structural transformation within the institution.

The Chapín Executive considers this project key to combat high-impact criminal structures and break a cycle of more than 40 years without building a prison, in front of a system overpopulated at 340%.

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