Chile to fold luxury prison for Pinochet-era human rights criminals into public system
Punta Peuco – which reportedly has tennis courts, barbecue facilities and TV room – set to join public prison networkInmates at an infamous high-security military prison in Chile, which houses the perpetrators of dictatorship-era human rights crimes, are set to lose their privileged conditions...
<p>Punta Peuco – which reportedly has tennis courts, barbecue facilities and TV room – set to join public prison network</p><p>Inmates at an infamous high-security military prison in Chile, which houses the perpetrators of dictatorship-era human rights crimes, are set to lose their privileged conditions under plans to incorporate the prison into the public prison network.</p><p>President Gabriel Boric announced on Monday that Punta Peuco is being transformed into a regular prison to help deal with overcrowding in the penitentiary system.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/03/chile-prison-punta-pueco-pinochet">Continue reading...</a>
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