Colombia Confirms Mega-Prisons but Names No Sites or Price
President Abelardo de la Espriella has confirmed maximum-security mega-prisons built with private money. The Colombia mega-prison plan still has no named site, no bed count and no published cost. The post Colombia Confirms Mega-Prisons but Names No Sites or Price appeared first on The Rio Times .
President Abelardo de la Espriella announced on August 26 that Colombia will construct maximum-security mega-prisons using private funds. At a ceremony in Bogotá, he affirmed his commitment to building these prisons, emphasizing that they would be run by private enterprises. The announcement did not specify any particular locations or prices for the projects.
The government plans to address the overcrowding issue, as the prison system is already 25 percent over capacity. The Ministry of Justice stated that details on the sites were withheld for security reasons. The prisons would be built under a concession model, with private entities paying for construction and managing the facilities.
The length of the concession was left unspecified, ranging from 50 to 80 years. The government intends to seek international financial support to reduce the burden on taxpayers. Colombia's prison system is currently operating at 125.2 percent capacity, with 101,457 inmates housed in 81,061 places. The Instituto Nacional Penitenciario y Carcelario (INPEC) has been criticized for its overcrowding and lack of compliance with constitutional standards.
Despite these concerns, the president insisted that the new prisons would not violate human rights and would focus on resocialization programs.
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