Press Release Rapporteurship on the Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty Finds Serious Structural Deficiencies in Prisons of Honduras April 27, 2012 Tegucigalpa, Honduras – The Rapporteurship on the Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) made an observation visit to Honduras from April 23 to 27, 2012. […]
Monday afternoon a mission of the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (IACHR) visited San Pedro Sula to begin the inspection of 24 prisons in Honduras. The mission met yesterday with the public and the Roman Catholic Church in order to discuss the current situation of the penitentiary system of Honduras. On March 26th, representatives of […]
In five days it will be two months since the tragic fire in the Comayagua Prison, and still the Public Ministry (MP) not has been able to accomplish the delivery of all 361 remains. Additionally, the MP has been unable to complete their investigation into the individual authorities responsible, by action or inaction, for the […]
Elvis Guzman, spokesman for the attorney general’s office in San Pedro Sula, announced yesterday that inmates at the San Pedro Prison have allowed the police to re-enter the cell block where the deadly brawl and fire transpired this past Thursday. ‘The situation is calm,’ said Guzman. Authorities are examining the block, and gathering evidence to […]
According to the police, yesterday’s events at the San Pedro Sula penetentiary began shortly after noon, when the so-called “paisas” (a group of inmates unaffiliated with any gang) clashed with members of the Maras, in a dispute over power and territory within the prison. A fire was started in one of the cells during the […]