Sex and drugs and private cells
Behind bars in South America
		
				The Independent (UK)
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
	
	
	Wednesday, March 28, 2012
 A deadly riot in Mexico and an inferno in Honduras  have turned the searchlight on conditions in Latin America's overcrowded  and anarchic prisons. Of Peru's 66 desperately overcrowded jails, Lurigancho on the arid outskirts of Lima is the most overcrowded. Built for 2,500 inmates, this human clearing house crumbling walls are currently home to some 7,000 prisoners.
A deadly riot in Mexico and an inferno in Honduras  have turned the searchlight on conditions in Latin America's overcrowded  and anarchic prisons. Of Peru's 66 desperately overcrowded jails, Lurigancho on the arid outskirts of Lima is the most overcrowded. Built for 2,500 inmates, this human clearing house crumbling walls are currently home to some 7,000 prisoners.
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