Inmates in El Salvador suffer as Latin American prisons breed COVID-19
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Soon after the Wuhan virus began spreading beyond China, countries across the world started releasing prisoners to avoid a possible catastrophe but some Latin American countries refrained from freeing their inmates.
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Their prisons today are reporting numerous coronavirus cases. Hundreds of prisoners had crammed in jail cells in El Salvador with no masks and no precautions.Just inmates with their hands around their necks, queueing up for an impending disaster.
Among the prisoners were notorious gang members. They have been accused of masterminding 53 murders from their cells over the weekend. El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele ordered a crackdown.
"They will not receive sunlight, they will be in total confinement 24 hours a day in the seven maximum security prisons that there are in this country. This was an order from President Nayib Bukele. We are complying with that order," Salvadoran deputy security minister, Osiris Luna said.
Overcrowded prisons are an ugly truth of Latin America. The region's jails house as many as 1.5 million inmates. They are brewing coronavirus hotspots for multiple reasons.
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Firstly, these prisons are overcrowded. Secondly, they run on tight budgets which means soap and water are limited and the sanitation conditions are poor and then there is corruption.
Latin America's prisons are perfect breeding grounds for coronavirus. The inmates are scared and vulnerable. They have a single demand - protection against the contagion.
However, the numbers look grim. El Salvador has reported 1,400 coronavirus cases among inmates and prison staff. There are 613 cases and 13 deaths in the prisons of Peru.
In Colombia, 23 inmates have died in prison riots since the pandemic. In brazil, hundred inmates escaped prisons. Chile's Puente Alto prison alone has reported over 300 coronavirus cases. The situation raises a unique challenge for the administration..
These inmates have been sentenced to captivity, not death.