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Violence Exposes Crisis In Latin American Prisons : "For at least two decades, governments in the region have virtually abandoned the prison system," says Jose Miguel Vivanco, director of Human Rights Watch's Americas division. He says prisons throughout Latin America are underfunded, overcrowded and ...

Violence Exposes Crisis In Latin American Prisons : The fire at Comayagua prison on Feb. 14 killed more than 300 inmates. A series of fatal riots inside Mexican prisons last week and a deadly blaze at a penitentiary in Honduras are prompting calls for major penal reform in Central America. Português | Español | Las américas | Stigmabase

Re: Violence Exposes Crisis in Latin American Prisons » Council on ... : Written by James Beaubien, this article discusses how the violence and a series of riots have broken out inside Mexican prisons and the recent riot and prison ...