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Latin American prisons could prevent the growth of drug cartels / gangs through rehabilitation / separation / workforce training

By Hicbd
Tue Oct 3 2023 2:23 pm

"At the extreme end are the Venezuelan pranes, or kingpins. They control 46% of the prison population, while state authorities govern 11% (the rest is under mixed control), according to the Venezuelan Prison Observatory, an ngo...In Ecuador, where the government says that over a third of inmates belong to a criminal organisation, there is one prison guard for every 62 inmates (in the United States, that ratio ranges from 1:4 to 1:14). Outnumbered and underpaid, they sometimes join the gangs they are supposed to control."

URL:
https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2023/02/16/latin-americas-prisons-are-overcrowded-and-violent
https://insightcrime.org/news/latin-america-mega-prisons-wont-make-difference/
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/7/19/honduras-to-build-island-colony-to-imprison-gang-members

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Categories:
International Development / Foreign Aid / NGOs Prisons Crime Workforce Development / Job Training U.S. / Mexico Border Gangs / Drug Cartels U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Latin / South America

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