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The delivery process consists of the autopsy, identity verification by the Civil Registry and delivery of the death certificate along with the body.
A total of 34 bodies had been identified as of 1:00 p.m. today (November 14, 2021), after the slaughter of 68 prisoners occurred on Saturday in the ‘Litoral Penitentiary‘, reported this Sunday the General Secretariat of Communication.
In a statement, he pointed out that the Human Rights Secretariat will deliver the coffins to the families in the next few hours, while Criminalistics continues to work on the identification of the other deceased.
«The delivery process of the bodies It consists of performing the autopsy, which must be endorsed by the Prosecutor’s Office; request the authorization of the data from the Civil Registry and verify if they are certified; grant the death certificate and, finally, deliver the body family members in the coffin, “he explained.
The Secretariat indicated that several entities provide psychological care to the victims’ families.
In addition, social workers from the National Comprehensive Care Service for Adults Deprived of Liberty and Adolescent Offenders (SNAI) monitor the health status of the 25 injured people, who are being treated in health homes, keeping their families informed about their state.
Calm in prisons
According to the Government, at the moment “there are no incidents in the country’s deprivation of liberty centers” and, according to reports from the directors of each of the penitentiary centers, “order and control are maintained in the precincts; and the activities are carried out normally ».
Even normality returned in two prisons in the provinces of Azuay and Cotopaxi, where on Saturday (November 13) the inmates refused to receive their food in an act of apparent solidarity with the inmates of the ‘Litoral Penitentiary‘.
The Secretariat added that the Executive has worked interinstitutionally to make decisions regarding the prison situation.
Among the actions, the president, Guillermo Lasso, and the secretary of Human Rights, Bernarda Ordoñez, held a meeting with an international advisory team to articulate “cooperation in the pacification process,” the letter reads.
Delegates from the United Nations Organization and the Assistance Program against Transnational Organized Crime (PACcTO) participated in the meeting.
In addition, the Head of State spoke with representatives of civil society such as the Archbishop of Guayaquil and the human rights activist, Nelsa Curbelo.
Saturday’s massacre occurred in the same jail where a massacre took place last September in which 119 prisoners died in clashes that the authorities attribute to the dispute over territories between gangs allegedly linked to drug trafficking.
After that slaughter, the ruler declared a state of exception in the prison system. EFE
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