Miami.- The political dam Yoleisy Oviedo Rodríguez died this February 11 in the Women’s prison (Havana), known as El Guatao where he served a five -year sentence. Oviedo was arrested on October 10, 2022 for demonstrating against the blackouts in Güines, Mayabeque.
“His son went to look for her quickly and someone from the prison told him that they would deliver it to seven at night,” activist Alejandro Garlobo wrote on his Facebook wall. The opponent stressed that Yoleisy had been sick for months without receiving proper treatment.
Oviedo Rodíguez, mother of two children, was 42 years old.
This month the deaths of three other inmates in Cuban prisons have been known. Cubalex denounced that on February 10 Hugo Sarmiento Socarrás died in Detachment No. 17 of the Bonato prison. His death was reported as suicide by hanging.
Previously The inmates Giovanis Ortega and Irai Nieto died on February 1 and 2, respectively, in the prison of Bladato, he denounced Cubalex In your social networks
The Legal Advisory Organization pointed out that both prisoners integrated Detachment No. 2 of the prison, known as the “low weight floor”, and that the cause of death would be “extreme malnutrition and abandonment”.
“The Cuban State is responsible for the life and integrity of people under their custody. These deaths reflect the systematic negligence of the regime and extreme precariousness within the prison, ”said the organization in its statement.
On January 30, Yankiel Justiz Despaigne, An inmate 36 years old, he died due to tuberculosis in the southern hair prison, located in the province of Mayabeque. According to iNformation provided by CubalexJustiz Despaigne died in his cell without receiving timely medical attention, evidencing a worrying negligence in the Cuban prison system.
These complaints are not isolated cases. Between January 2022 and January 2024, Cubalex documented 56 deaths in state custody in Cuba, of which 34 corresponded to inmates. These deaths are attributable to systematic practices of negligence and medical neglect in the country’s prisons.
Inhuman detention conditions further aggravate the health of people deprived of liberty. Factors such as overcrowding, unhealthiness, malnutrition and scarcity of drinking water facilitate the spread of diseases and deteriorate the health of inmates. The lack of hygiene, adequate ventilation and sufficient food are recurring problems in Cuban prisons.
Organizations like JUSTICE 11J They have also denounced the death of at least four inmates convicted of the protests of July 11, 2021 while they fulfilled their sorrows: Luis Barrios, Yosandri Mulet, Giraldo Díaz and Manuel de Jesús Guillén. These deaths are attributable to the Cuban regime, either by direct commission or negligence and abandonment in the fulfillment of their obligations to safeguard the life of inmates.
