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Noboa declares prison perimeters in Ecuador security zones

Published on: December 30, 2025
11:38

Quito, Dec 30 (Prensa Latina) Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa declared the perimeters surrounding prisons as restricted security zones, requiring the Armed Forces to reinforce controls in these areas today. The decision, announced through an executive decree, came after a meeting of the State Public Security Council (Cosepe).

Haiti: More than 50 inmates died in three months

Published on: November 14, 2025
10:53

Port-au-Prince, Nov 14 (Prensa Latina) More than 50 inmates died between July and September of this year in Haiti, where the prison population currently lives in inhuman and degrading conditions.

Haiti: Reports of alarming prison conditions continue

Published on: November 7, 2025
12:53

Port-au-Prince, Nov 7 (Prensa Latina) The Association of Volunteers for the Reintegration of Detainees in Haiti (AVRED-Haiti) described the current situation in one of this nation's prisons as alarming.

Former presidential advisor and ex-alzados to change prisons in Peru

Published on: October 1, 2025
07:30

Lima, Sep 30 (Prensa Latina) Former Peruvian presidential advisor Vladimiro Montesinos, the former head of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA), Victor Polay, and former rebels Oscar Ramirez and Florindo Flores, will be moved from a naval base to another prison, it was officially announced.

Dominican: Overcrowding and inhumane treatment in prisons denounced

Published on: September 8, 2025
11:45

Santo Domingo, Sept 8 (Prensa Latina) The director of the National Public Defense Office, Rodolfo Valentin, denounced the overcrowding and recurring deficiencies in several penitentiary centers of the Dominican Republic.

Dozens of Palestinian women locked up in Israeli prisons

Published on: June 24, 2025
10:37

Ramallah, Jun 24 (Prensa Latina) At least 47 Palestinian women are behind bars in Israeli prisons, including two pregnant women and two teenagers, the Prisoners Club denounced.

Uruguay with high prison population and overcrowding

Published on: June 17, 2025
10:46

Montevideo, June 17 (Prensa Latina) Uruguay is now among the countries with the highest prison population, Interior Minister Carlos Negro said following the death of four inmates in a fire at the Santiago Vázquez prison (formerly Comcar) in Montevideo.

Horror in Haiti’s prisons denounced

Published on: June 2, 2025
10:42

Port-au-Prince, June 2 (Prensa Latina) The National Network for the Defense of Human Rights condemned the ongoing horror lived in Haitian prisons, where degrading treatment prevails and undermines the dignity of inmates.

Honduras moves toward a more Humane and safer penitentiary system

Published on: May 22, 2025
08:57

Tegucigalpa, May 22 (Prensa Latina) Honduras is moving forward with a nationwide process of classifying and transferring inmates with the firm goal of strengthening security and improving the correctional system.

Palestinian org denounces tortures and health crisis at Israeli jails

Published on: March 27, 2025
10:33

Ramallah, Mar 27 (Prensa Latina) The Palestinian Prisoners Club (PPC) denounced on Thursday tortures committed against Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons and the serious health crisis in those penal institutions.

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