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March 14, 2017

Colombie : Cárceles y presos de Colombia

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South America Colombia

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March 14, 2017

Colombia : ''Debemos dejar de usar la cárcel para responder a todo", dice investigador de Dejusticia

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South America Colombia

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February 28, 2017

Colombia’s prison crisis escalating as Ombudsman calls for closures

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Colombia

Colombia’s Ombudsman on Monday called for the closure of some of the nation’s prisons due to extreme overcrowding and a chronic humanitarian crisis that is unfolding, reported El Pais newspaper.

February 27, 2017

Colombia : Cancillería confirma ejecución de colombiano en China

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South America Colombia

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February 9, 2017

Colombia : Colombia's Mirror: War and Drug Trafficking in the Prison System

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South America Drugs Colombia

Colombia’s prisons are a reflection of the multiple conflicts that have plagued the country for the last half-century. Paramilitaries, guerrillas and drug trafficking groups have vied for control of the jails where they can continue to manage their operations on the outside. Instead of corralling t…

December 30, 2016

Colombie : le laboratoire carcéral de l’oncle Sam

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South America Discipline Drugs Facilities Colombia

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December 28, 2016

Inside Colombia’s hottest new restaurant where the inmates of a women’s prison are in charge

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Women Colombia

Visitors are flocking to a new gourmet restaurant in Cartagena with a difference; it’s located inside the San Diego women’s prison and the inmates in pink turbans cook and serve the food. Restaurante Interno opened in December and has already attracted a strong turnout in the tourist town. Visitors…

November 29, 2016

Colombia : Report Slams Colombia's Failure to Control Prison Overcrowding

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South America Overcrowding Colombia

A report by Colombia’s Comptroller General details the state’s failure to control runaway overcrowding in prisons despite major investments, highlighting the deep-rooted issues that Latin American states consistently fail to address in reforming their crumbling penitentiary systems. The report desc…

November 17, 2016

Colombia : Sigue creciendo número de personas hacinadas en estaciones de policía

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South America Colombia

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October 14, 2016

Colombia : los presos de las FARC que se manifiestan por la paz en la cárcel

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Colombia

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September 5, 2016

Colombia : cárcel de mujeres de Cartagena supera un hacinamiento del 150%

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Overcrowding Colombia

El centro carcelario tiene capacidad para 50 y hay más de 180 internas. Según Ramiro Cuadro García director de la cárcel de mujeres San Diego de Cartagena han tenido que hacer hasta lo imposible para acomodar a todas las internas que hay y que van llegando todos los días al centro penitenciario. “L…

August 20, 2016

Colombia : Sorry, we can't let you go on honeymoon! Amazing pictures show 17 prisoners of a tough Colombian jail get hitched in mass wedding behind bars

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South America Colombia

A notorious high-security prison in Colombia allowed 17 of its inmates to get married yesterday to their long-term girlfriends. The mass ceremony at the Carcel Villa Hermosa prison in Cali, Colombia saw the happy couples sign up to spend the rest of their lives together, once their husbands have co…

August 20, 2016

Colombie : noce collective dans une prison

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South America Colombia

La prison colombienne de Villahermosa a servi vendredi à la fois d’église et de salle des fêtes pour le mariage collectif de 17 détenus qui, en dépit d’être derrière les barreaux, ont décidé de s’unir à leurs fiancées.

July 13, 2016

Colombie : enquête sur 400 disparitions dans une prison de Bogota

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South America Colombia

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June 1, 2016

Colombia : Cárcel la Tramacúa de Valledupar, al borde del cierre

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South America Colombia

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May 31, 2016

Colombia : Ni agua para los presos de la cárcel de Valledupar

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South America Colombia

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May 4, 2016

Colombia : Procuraduría evidenció crisis humanitaria en cárceles de Santander

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South America Colombia

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July 10, 2015

Colombia : Colombia Raids 'Luxury' Prison Wing

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South America Colombia

Colombia’s prison authorities have moved to “retake” a section of the country’s most notorious prison, after reports emerged of the luxury lifestyles of the wealthy inmates living there. Colombia’s National Penitentiary and Prison Institute (INPEC) raided what is popularly known as the “parapolitic…

October 24, 2014

Colombia : La peor crisis carcelaria en la historia

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South America Colombia

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August 5, 2014

Colombia : Arrests Show Reach of Colombia Prison-Based Extortion Gangs

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South America Colombia

Police in Colombia have dismantled a prison-based extortion gang that operated in numerous prisons and cities across the country, demonstrating just how coordinated and sophisticated such networks have become. Colombia’s anti-extortion and kidnapping police, the Gaula, have arrested 16 women and 5…