Etiqueta: Prisoners
Women jailed in Bolivar state do not have access to food or water
By Gladylis Flores.Additional reporting by Carlos Camacho in Caracas.
In the State of Bolivar, there is no prison just...
In Venezuelan prisons, 55 inmates died of tuberculosis between October 2019 and April 2020
By Daisy Galaviz.
On July 28, 2020, the Venezuelan Prison Observatory (OVP in Spanish) reported that, in less than...
Prisoners must pay $4 if they want to see the sun: NGO says
Extortion is now commonplace in the Venezuelan prison system, according to local NGO Venezuelan Prison Observatory (OVP). For instance: Now for being...
Female prisoners start a hunger strike in Miranda state
By Pola Del Giudice.
Prisoners in the National Institute of Women Orientation (Inof in Spanish), a prison located in...
She was taking food to her jailed son, but he was already dead
By Ruth Lara Castillo.
Since August 26, Filomena Acosta has been desperate, searching for the body of her son,...
Detainees in overcrowded cells go on hunger strike, demand arraignment hearings
By Pola Del Giudice.
Some 244 detainees in the temporary cells of the Scientific, Criminal and Investigation Police (Cicpc...
More than 1,200 inmates begin a hunger strike in Guarico prison
By Pedro Izzo.
More than 1,200 inmates of the 26 de Julio Processing Center in San Juan de...
Guanare massacre: Six surviving inmates be released
By Bianile Rivas.
The Minister of Penitentiary Affairs, Iris Varela, awarded early release measures to six inmates who witnessed...
Two inmates die of thirst in Guarico prison
By Pedro Izzo.
Two inmates died of thirst in the prison name 26 de Julio, located in Guarico state....
There are no medicines for injured inmates who survived the jail massacre
By Bianile Rivas.
One month after the massacre at the Western Plains Penitentiary (know as Cepello), located in Guanare,...