[Josh Painter]

“Conditions were especially harsh in maximum-security facilities located at high altitudes. The high-security prison in the jungle area of Iquitos was in poor condition and was under renovation. During the year the PNP transferred responsibility for operating the facility to INPE.”

“Prison guards and fellow inmates reportedly abused prisoners. There were deaths of inmates in prisons, most attributed to fellow inmates, but some were due to negligence by guards. Guards received little or no training or supervision. Corruption was a serious problem, and some guards cooperated with criminal bosses who oversaw the smuggling of guns and drugs into prisons.”

http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2009/wha/136123.htm

- JP

[Paleo Conservative]

The high-security prison in the jungle area of Iquitos was in poor condition and was under renovation.

That is a really primitive area.