The Double Ordeal of Being a Woman in a Venezuelan Prison
Cruel treatment against political prisoners are only a small part of the policy of horror in prisons against women and the LGBTQ community.
Tag: Prisons
Guards Treat Families of Cabimas Prisoners As Criminals Themselves
Visiting a prisoner in Venezuelan jails became a traumatic ordeal. Relatives of Cabimas prisoners speak out against CONAS officers, report the abuses they endure and chronicle how the guards mistreat visitors as if they were animals.
Jail House Night-Club, cont.
Looks like the El Rodeo I’s month-old nightclub won’t the only one up and running in the Venezuelan prison system. According to El Nacional’s crime reporter Thabata Molina,...
Pran in Chief (Updated)
To tackle Venezuela’s #1 Human Rights issue by heading the shiny new Special Ministry for Prisons Hugo Chávez has tapped none other than…the crazy lady whose idea of...
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