FRECUENTES PROBLEMAS EN CENTROS CARCELARIOS DEL PAÍS.

PRISON PROBLEMS ARE GETTING WORSE.

BY : LUIS ALBERTO FIGUEROA — LUALFI — PROFESSIONAL CARD 0222 ISSUED BY THE MINISTRY OF NATIONAL EDUCATION.

The recent murder and alleged suicide that occurred inside the cells of one of the largest and most important prisons in the country, confirms once again the serious and growing problems of security, control and corruption that the Colombian prison system has.
What was the murderer of the main witness in the process that the justice system is following for the murder of the Paraguayan anti-mafia prosecutor Marcelo Picci doing armed and why was such a valuable witness in this investigation in a normal prison and sharing a cell with another inmate?
The other question that everyone is asking today is why the murdered inmate was transferred from the Prosecutor’s bunker where he had the best security conditions, to the track, despite the calls from lawyers and family members who had warned that the victim was cooperating with justice because of the threats he had been receiving.
This incident, of course, is just one of many that have occurred in recent months inside the country’s various prisons or that have involved management, administrative or security personnel from the different detention centers and that have left inmates murdered, escaped and dismissed.
All the investigations that have been carried out to clarify events that occurred in prisons have concluded that in all these places, no matter how important or secure they are, they are at the mercy of the power exercised by some of the most dangerous inmates and the criminal organizations that currently operate that have extended their tentacles inside the prisons where their bosses are held.
If there is one thing that urgently needs to be done, it is to adjust the prison system in such a way as to ensure that prisons and penitentiaries are truly centres of greater security.