Panama
Seen in the press
Read our selection of press reports about this country. This is a short description of prison conditions on a national scale. It gives an account of the preceding year’s events.
Panama : recyclage en détention, réinsertion en conditionnelle
This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French
Punta Coco: the Panamanian Alcatraz penitentiary
On an islet of the Pacific there is a maximum security prison that has become the focus of an intense controversy in the country due to the alleged violation of human rights of their prisoners. Even the IACHR has played a leading role with the issuance of a precautionary measure in favor of six pri…