Cien personas que estaban hacinadas en estaciones de Policía de Antioquia fueron trasladadas a cárceles
La Gobernación de Antioquia informó que, gracias a un acuerdo entre la secretaría de Seguridad, Justicia y Paz, y el Instituto Nacional Penitenciario ...
TL;DR
- 100 individuals were moved from police stations and military units to prisons in Antioquia.
- The transfers are intended to reduce overcrowding in police stations and military units.
- The move aims to comply with the Constitutional Court's Sentence SU-122 of 2022.
- 60 individuals came from the Antioquia Police Department, 37 from Urabá Police Department, and 3 from the XVII Brigade of the Army.
- An additional 80 individuals are planned for transfer in the first half of 2026.
- Conditions in police stations are described as deplorable with human rights violations, including overcrowding and poor sanitation.
- Prisons in Antioquia are also overcrowded, with an overall rate of 57%.
- La Paz prison in Itagüí has 227% overcrowding, and Bellavista has 109%.