Prisons in Honduras

Prisons in Honduras house an estimated 12,000 prisoners in Honduras, with a general population of 8 million.[1] There have been a number of massacres, including 69 people killed in a rural prison outside La Ceiba called La Granja (The Farm) in April 2003.[2] On April 26, 2008, 9 people were massacred in a prison located in the center of San Pedro Sula.[3] On May 3, 2008, 18 prisoners were massacred in a prison to the north of Tegucigalpa, the capital city of Honduras.[4] Due to problems with street gangs, prisoners are divided into 3 groups: Maras (active gang members), Pesetas (former gang members) and paisas (those who have never been in a gang before their incarceration).

Actual population

Establishment Penitenciary	Materials of its structure	Year of construction	Population in 2013	Number of places	Over-population
Centro Penal de Yoro	Adobe, wood and tile	1870	191	150	27%
Centro Penal de Trujillo	Adobe, brick and lamina	1890	309	120	158%
Centro Penal de La Ceiba	Adobe, wood and tile	1906	284	100	184%
Centro Penal La Esperanza, Intibucá	Adobe, wood, tile	1937	301	100	201%
Centro Penal de Santa Bárbara	Adobe, wood and tile	1940	195	70	179%
Centro Penal de Puerto Cortés	Block, brick and tile	1950	153	50	'206%
Penitencieria Nacional de San Pedro Sula	Adobe. brick and lamina	1953	2216	800	177%
Centro Penal de Olanchito	Block, brick and lamina	1961	144	60	140%
Centro Penal de Puerto Lempira	Block, wood and lamina	1967	61	20	205%
P.N. Femenina	Block, concrete, lamina, brick	1974	164	200	n/a
Centro Penal de Marcala	Block, brick and lamina	1975	123	120	2%
Centro Penal de Tela	Block, brick and lamina	1975	123	160	n/a
Centro Penal de El Progreso	Block, brick and lamina	1976	402	120	253%|-
Centro Penal de Comayagua	Block, concrete, lamina, brick	1978	471	240	96%
Centro Penal de Nacaome	Block. concrete, lamina and brick	1978	220	120	83%
Centro Penal de Danlí	Block, concrete, lamina, brick	1980	482	240	101%
Centro Penal de Santa Rosa de Copán	Block, brick and tile	1980	602	240	151%
P. N. de El Porvenir, La Ceiba	Block, concrete, lamina and brick	1980	445	240	85%
P.N. de La Paz	Block, concrete, lamina and brick	1984	208	120	73%
P.N. Marco Aurelio Soto	Block, concrete, lamina and brick	1998	2,844	2,500	90%
P.N. de Choluteca	Block, concrete, lamina and brick	2001	562	800	n/a
Centro Penal de Ocotepeque	Block, concrete, and brick	2001	158	153	5%
P.N. de Gracias, Lempira	Block, concrete, lamina, brick	2002	561	600	n/a
P.N. de Juticalpa	Block, concrete and lamina	2007	454	800	n/a
Cárcel de El Pozo	Block, concrete, lamina	2016	-	2000	n/a
Total	-	-	11709	8120	Unoccupied 697

References

1. Asesinato de reo refleja crisis carcelaria en Honduras Archived 2013-01-27 at Archive.today
2. Inicia juicio histórico Archived 2008-04-05 at the Wayback Machine
3. Nine killed in Honduras jail riot
4. Ex pandilleros presos matan a 18 reclusos en cárcel hondureña Archived 2008-05-06 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Smith-Spark, Lauren. "Nasty, harsh, overcrowded: Life in a Honduran prison." CNN. Wednesday February 15, 2012.