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Deadly Prison Fire Kills Hundreds in Honduras
Loaded on July 15, 2013
published in Prison Legal News
July, 2013, page 52
They screamed from their dilapidated cells as a scorching fire swept through the prison where they were held. But the cries of prisoners burning alive inside the overcrowded Comayagua National Penitentiary in Honduras on February 14, 2012 were met by gunshots fired by guards trying to prevent their escape from …
Filed under:
Conditions of Confinement,
Fire Hazards,
Overcrowding,
Shootings,
Prisoners-International.
Location:
Honduras.
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