Mexico Will Build Six New Prisons After a Fight that Caused 12 Deaths
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The clashes occurred in a prison located in the tourist city of Mazatlan, Sinaloa, hit by drug trafficking violence. "These centers will have high security infrastructure, surveillance and monitoring technology, and blocking of signals," said Security Secretary Omar García Harfuch at the daily presidential press conference. The government estimates to finish the new prisons in 2028, with capacity for 18,480 detainees. The first of the clashes oc…
The Ministry of National Defense also mentioned that it analyses with the Legal Counsel the possibility of releasing prisoners prosecuted for minor crimes in the State of Mexico in order to reduce overpopulation.
Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum explained that the intensification of security efforts led to an increase in prison inmates.
The new prisons will have a combined capacity of 18,480 people
The Mexican government has announced the first hose to alleviate the burning crisis of overcrowding in prisons and the scenario that left behind last week the consecutive incidents of a riot and a fight—separated for just a few hours—which resulted in 12 deaths in El Castillo prison in Mazatlan, including a two-year-old baby who was visiting. Federal Security Secretary Omar García Harfuch said Tuesday that six new prisons, with a total of 18,480…
Omar García Harfuch stressed that the construction of six new prisons will help maintain prison control in the face of overcrowding problems.
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