Riot In Venezuelan Prison
Kills 8
CARACAS - A riot among prisoners in a prison
center near the capital Caracas killed eight
people and injured three others on Tuesday.
Consuelo Cerrada, national director of the
Prisons Services of the Interior and Justice
Ministry, said the riot took place in the
Santa Ana Prison Center in Tachira state,
850 kilometers southwest of Caracas. The
situation is now under control.
He said the riot was due to a dispute among
the inmates for the spaces in the prison.
The Venezuelan Observatory of Prisons (OVP)
said in its report that the Venezuelan
prisons are overcrowded. The prisons have a
total capacity of 12,000 prisoners, but the
number has been surpassed by 275 percent.
According the OVP, a total of 366 prisoners
died in Venezuelan prisons in 2009, while
635 were injured. In 2008 the number was 422
and 854, respectively. |
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