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Trinidad and Tobago
From 2005 to June 2010 there were 172 deaths due to prison violence.
From 2006 to May 6, 2010, the following acts of violence occurred: 19
riots, 49 brawls, 8 revolts, and 72 homicides.
The Guatemalan State, in its response, provided the following information
on specific events: 12/23/02, Pavoncito Penal Center, riot in which 17
prisoners died, and more than 30 were wounded; 05/19/06,
Mazatenango Penal Center, brawl between gang members and “paisas” in
which six “paisas” died; 09/25/06, takeover of Pavón by the authorities of
the Penitentiary System; 02/26/07/Boquerón Penal Center, assassination
of four police officers accused in the homicide of members of the Central
American Parliament; 03/07/07, Pavoncito Penal Center, brawl between
gang members of the “Mara 18” and the “Mara Salvatrucha”; 03/26/07,
Escuintla High Security Prison, brawl in which three prisoners died and
seven were wounded; 03/27/07, Pavoncito Penal Center, a riot motivated
by the “paisas” in protest over the transfer of gang members from the
“Mara Salvatrucha” from the Escuintla High Security Prison; 11/21/08,
Boquerón Penal Center, a riot motivated by discontent of the gang
members from the “Mara Salvatrucha”; 011/22/08, Pavoncito Penal
Center, brawl in which seven inmates were burned and decapitated, and
two were wounded; 10/12/09, Progreso Penal Center, riot (no additional
information was presented); 04/23/10, acts of violence in several penal
centers as reprisal for mistreatment of inmates at the Fraijanes II Penal
Center, including riots with hostage‐taking at the Fraijanes II Penal Center
and in the Preventive facility of Zone 18, in the wake of these events, on
04/24/10, there were also attacks on the guard towers of the Pavón
Prison and the C.O.F.
The Mexican State reported: “In regard to the Federal Centers for Social
Readaptation, to date there have been 313 brawls and two homicides
(October and December 2004).”
The Nicaraguan State reported: “The indices of prison violence are 7.2%
annually, which is equivalent to 0.977% of incidents per prison, the most
significant being assaults among inmates without serious consequences.
As for inmates who have died in the last 5 years in the National
Penitentiary System … 4 have been due to homicide.”
From 2009 to October 2010, there were 168 acts of violence in the
prisons, in which 13 persons lost their lives, mostly due to attacks with
knives and firearms, and one after a shotgun blast by the police.
From 2004 to 2009, 177 prisoners died and 140 were injured (the causes
are not stated).
The Peruvian State reported: “There have been 42 confrontations among
inmates in various prisons of the country, 35 of which were due to brawls
known as gresca (confrontations among two or more inmates over
personal matters) and seven due to brawls known as reyerta
(confrontations among rival groups of inmates seeking to control some
sectors of the prison). On December 31, 2009, there was a riot in which
hostages were taken and an escape attempt by prisoners at the E.P.
Chachapoyas, as a result of which two inmates died from gunshot wounds
while attempting to flee the prison.”
The State of Trinidad and Tobago indicated that during the last five years
2 persons have died in prison due to acts of violence.
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