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Friday 10
December 2010 |
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Overcrowding
Threatens
Security
in Costa
Rican
Prisons
Costa
Rica's
prisons
face
overcrowding
of 23.6%,
representing
a high
security
risk,
says the
ministro
de
Justicia,
Hernando
Paris
said.
According
to
Paris,
Costa
Rica
only has
capacity
for
8,536
prisoners
and
currently
house
more
than
10,000
prisoners,
a very
dangerous
situation
that in
many
cases it
is
synonymous
with
violence
and
death.
This
situation
means
that
Costa
Rica is
in
breach
of
international
instruments
prohibiting
torture
and
degrading
treatment,
Paris
said in
an
interview
with
local
daily
Spanish
language
daily, Diario
Extra.
For
Paris,
crowding
also
creates
budgetary
problems
in the
area of
supplies
(food,
cleaning
tools
and some
other
objects).
He also
considered
that the
best
solution
to this
problem
is
prevention,
to
prevent
young
people
leave
school
and
become
criminals.
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