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 [...]