Peru
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.
Perù : La moda social teje reinserción en las cárceles
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Peru: mutinerie dans une prison, trois morts
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Peru: prison riot over coronavirus fears leaves nine dead
Nine inmates died during a riot at a Lima jail amid fears that Peru’s prisons are becoming a breeding ground for coronavirus after two inmates died of COVID-19 and more than 600 inmates were tested positive. The disturbance broke out at the Miguel Castro Castro jail in the east of the Peruvian capi…Peru: los derechos humanos en las cárceles
This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish