No More Luxury Prisons for Chile's Convicted War Criminals by No More Luxury Prisons for Chile's Convicted War Criminals Citing “equality before the law,” in September 2013, Chilean President Sebastian Pinera ordered the closure of the Cordillera prison. Located on an army base, Cordillera was a literal lap of luxury, …

Fire at Overcrowded Chilean Prison Kills Over 80 Prisoners by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke At around 5:30 a.m. on December 8, 2010, prisoners set fire to mattresses, blankets and clothing during a fight at the San Miguel prison in Santiago, Chile. The fire grew, killing at least 81 prisoners …

Special Prison for Military Criminals in Chile by The Chilean government is faced with the prospect of some high ranking military and police officials going to prison for committing crimes against humanity during almost 20 years of U.S. backed fascist military rule. In response, it has announced plans to build …

Chilean Prisoners Resist Control Unit Move by On February 20, 1994, Chilean prison officials transferred 48 political prisoners, members of the anarchist Lautaro movement and the Marxist Frente Patriotico Manuel Rodriguez (FPMR), to a recently completed control unit (CU) built within the old penitentiary of Santiago. A total of 200 …

Control Units and Democratic Repression in Chile by In December of 1992 the Chilean government began building an "anti terrorist" prison which is part of that country's new policy in the so called "struggle against violent extremism." This new prison will have a capacity to hold more than one hundred …

Chilean Political Prisoners End Hungerstrike by On November 13, 1991, four Chilean political prisoners ended a 44-day hungerstrike. 24 hours after a street demonstration supporting them had culminated with the detention of 252 people by police. The announcement was formulated by the hungerstrikers themselves in the hospital where they were …

Chileans Still in Prison by Chileans Still In Prison Last December many thought that the elections that brought the formal end to the military dictatorship of General Agusto Pinochet (installed in a 1973 CIA assisted coup against the elected government of Salvador Allende) would curtail the massive human rights abuses …