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07-07-2010, 10:53 AM
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Re: Santa Ana Jail Massacre
Hey, new here. This was all I could find in the way of a story. Although President Saca declared that 2007 would be the "Year of Peace," the year has begun with a tragic, bloody massacre in the Apanteos prison in Santa Ana, El Salvador. Although good information has been slow in coming, it is now known that a riot took place on Friday, January 5, and that prison officials did not intervene for hours while a group of inmates murdered 21 other prisoners on Saturday. Over the past few years there has been a serious crisis in the prison and justice systems in El Salvador, with the ARENA government focusing on repression, increased policing, and more jails rather than crime prevention, rehabilitation or reinsertion strategies. Prison conditions are especially dismal: there is severe overcrowding, violence, precarious living conditions, and few prisoner rights. Furthermore, the ARENA government recently added to the tension by mixing inmates from rival gangs and non-gang inmates with gang members. They have also arbitrarily cut visiting rights and moved prisoners from one facility to another. These policies, far from creating "peace" in El Salvador, created the volatile situation that sparked this weekend‘s bloodshed. |
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07-12-2010, 08:31 AM
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Re: Santa Ana Jail Massacre
And why would you have a play ground built for kids in a Prison? looks more like a park then a prison! i hate to say it but isnt it silly for grown people to act like children? how imature can u be?  |
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07-12-2010, 08:38 AM
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Re: Santa Ana Jail Massacre
I did some fast searching to this old story and here it is people... El Salvador jail rioters kill 21 Anti-riot police take control of a prisoner during the riot Hundreds of police, soldiers and security guards were deployed At least 21 inmates have been killed in a riot at a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. Security forces have now regained control of the Apanteos jail, near Santa Ana, 66km (41 miles) west of the capital, San Salvador. The riot broke out on Friday when a member of the infamous Mara 18 gang began fighting a guard, sparking battles between hundreds of inmates. The jail holds 2,000 inmates, some of them the most dangerous in the country. Makeshift weapons Security sources described the scene in the jail as "horrible, a massacre", human rights prosecutor Beatrice Alamanni told AFP news agency. map "You can see feet and heads under rubble inside the cells," she said. After the argument between the gang member and the guard, rival gang members began fighting among themselves with makeshift weapons such as shovels and pieces of broken masonry. Hundreds of police, soldiers and security guards were deployed to restore order and some inmates have been transferred to other jails. Prisons in Central America are often overcrowded - Apanteos was built to hold 1,800. the link.. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6238345.stm  |
Great Post
