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Rampant Violence in Venezuelan Prisons
Loaded on Jan. 15, 1993
published in Prison Legal News
January, 1993, page 8
by María Dubayle, Venezuelan journalist
Filed under:
Conditions of Confinement,
Failure to Protect (General),
Prisoners-International.
Location:
Venezuela.
The situation inside Venezuela's prisons reflects the serious deficiencies in the country's protection of human rights.
According to figures from the Public Ministry's Human Rights Office, so far this year more than 160 prisoners have been killed inside Venezuelan jails.
Fighting between rival gangs to …
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