Prisons in Honduras

Prisons in Honduras house an estimated 12,000 prisoners in Honduras, with a general population of 8 million.[1] There have been a number of massacres, including 69 people killed in a rural prison outside La Ceiba called La Granja (The Farm) in April 2003.[2] On April 26, 2008, 9 people were massacred in a prison located in the center of San Pedro Sula.[3] On May 3, 2008, 18 prisoners were massacred in a prison to the north of Tegucigalpa, the capital city of Honduras.[4] Due to problems with street gangs, prisoners are divided into 3 groups: Maras (active gang members), Pesetas (former gang members) and paisas (those who have never been in a gang before their incarceration).

Actual population

Establishment
Penitenciary		 Materials
of its
structure		 Year
of
construction		 Population
in
2013		 Number
of
places		 Over-population
Centro Penal de YoroAdobe, wood and tile187019115027%
Centro Penal de TrujilloAdobe, brick and lamina1890309120158%
Centro Penal de La CeibaAdobe, wood and tile1906284100184%
Centro Penal La Esperanza, IntibucáAdobe, wood, tile1937301100201%
Centro Penal de Santa BárbaraAdobe, wood and tile194019570179%
Centro Penal de Puerto CortésBlock, brick and tile195015350'206%
Penitencieria Nacional de San Pedro SulaAdobe. brick and lamina19532216800177%
Centro Penal de OlanchitoBlock, brick and lamina196114460140%
Centro Penal de Puerto LempiraBlock, wood and lamina19676120205%
P.N. FemeninaBlock, concrete, lamina, brick1974164200n/a
Centro Penal de Marcala Block, brick and lamina19751231202%
Centro Penal de TelaBlock, brick and lamina1975123160n/a
Centro Penal de El ProgresoBlock, brick and lamina1976402120253%|-
Centro Penal de ComayaguaBlock, concrete, lamina, brick197847124096%
Centro Penal de NacaomeBlock. concrete, lamina and brick197822012083%
Centro Penal de DanlíBlock, concrete, lamina, brick1980482240101%
Centro Penal de Santa Rosa de CopánBlock, brick and tile1980602240151%
P. N. de El Porvenir, La CeibaBlock, concrete, lamina and brick198044524085%
P.N. de La PazBlock, concrete, lamina and brick198420812073%
P.N. Marco Aurelio SotoBlock, concrete, lamina and brick19982,8442,50090%
P.N. de CholutecaBlock, concrete, lamina and brick2001562800n/a
Centro Penal de OcotepequeBlock, concrete, and brick20011581535%
P.N. de Gracias, LempiraBlock, concrete, lamina, brick2002561600n/a
P.N. de JuticalpaBlock, concrete and lamina2007454800n/a
Total--117098120Unoccupied 697

References

  1. ↑ Asesinato de reo refleja crisis carcelaria en Honduras
  2. ↑ Inicia juicio histórico
  3. ↑ Nine killed in Honduras jail riot
  4. ↑ Ex pandilleros presos matan a 18 reclusos en cárcel hondureña

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