President Alan García inaugurates new women’s minimum security prison and announces construction of four additional jails

In an attempt to resolve severe prison overcrowding, Peru’s President Alan García inaugurated a minimum security women’s detention center this week, and said that the Justice Ministry plans the construction of four additional prisons, including a $22 million maximum security jail, in 2009. Approximately 600 women from Chorrillos’ overcrowded Santa Monica prison– where more than [...]

Authorities detect corruption in Peru prison system

Four high ranking employees from Peru’s National Penitentiary Institute, INPE, have been suspended after an investigation found they were forging documents to transfer inmates to a lower security prison where they could continue to manage their criminal activity from behind bars.