HAVANA, Cuba.- From the Manzanillo prison, located in the eastern province of Granma, the prisoner Osvaldo Ramón Pérez Sondré denounces that for several months sick and diabetic inmates have not received the corresponding diet in that prison.
Pérez Sondré, 52, points out that on August 25, he telephoned the Control and Legality of Penitentiary Establishments (CLEP) to denounce this situation, as well as to investigate the reasons for the shortage.
Similarly, the inmate continues, he took the opportunity to denounce that in mid-2022 the head of the prison, Lieutenant Colonel Yohandry Pacheco Leyva, locked him up for 10 days in a punishment cell and also annulled the 60-day reduced sanction that corresponded to him for good behavior, all this, as the officer himself admitted, as retaliation for having denounced to the People’s Supreme Court the poor state and minimum ration of food received by inmates in that prison, in addition to other violations.
Osvaldo Ramón Pérez told CubaNet that due to his complaints he appeared at the prison on August 31, a prosecutor who identified herself as Tatiana, who, according to what she stated, had come to investigate the case.
Regarding adequate food for prisoners in need, the official argued that the country does not have the resources to give sick prisoners a diet. Pérez Sondré adds that when reminded that because prisoners are locked up they have no way of procuring their own food, so it was the State’s obligation to guarantee their livelihood, the woman replied: “Well, son, that’s the government’s fault, not the government’s. U.S”.
The inmate also emphasizes that in relation to his claim for the 60 days of benefit annulled by the head of the prison, the official did not offer him any specific answer, but merely justifications.
Receive information from CubaNet on your cell phone through WhatsApp. Send us a message with the word “CUBA” on the phone +525545038831, You can also subscribe to our electronic newsletter by giving click here.
