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In March 2020 a riot in the La Modelo prison in Bogota, killed 24 inmates and injured 90 others over fears of COVID-19. The Tuluá prison houses about 1,267 inmates and the cell block where the fire occurred housed 180, but the prison was operating at 117% capacity. [2] [3]
A prison riot is an act of concerted defiance or disorder by a group of prisoners against the prison administrators, prison officers, or other groups of prisoners. Academic studies of prison riots emphasize a connection between prison conditions (such as prison overcrowding ) and riots, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] or discuss the dynamics of the modern ...
The next day, Mexican police managed to recapture three inmates and 8 criminals involved in the prison raid. [7] Two law enforcement officers, one a policeman and the second a guard, were injured in the attack. [2] The government of Hidalgo has launched an investigation aiming to track the criminals down. The program is still ongoing. [4]
The riot, likely the deadliest in Mexico's history, happened in the old and crowded Topo Chico prison in Monterrey. Mexico accuses prison officials of homicide after brutal riot Skip to main content
On 21 March 2020, at least 23 prisoners were killed and 83 injured during a riot which erupted in La Modelo prison in Bogotá, Colombia, amid fears over spreading of SARS-CoV-2 through prison walls during the COVID-19 pandemic. [1]
Five men were killed in a fight between inmates at a prison in Mexico’s Gulf coast state of Tabasco, authorities said Friday. Four of the five inmates killed in the riot late Thursday were on ...
More than 800 people have lost their lives in jail since July 13, 2015 but few details are publicly released. Huffington Post is compiling a database of every person who died until July 13, 2016 to shed light on how they passed.
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