The Daniel Ortega regime reported this Friday that it granted the benefit of family coexistence to 1,400 common inmates who were serving their sentences in different prison systems in the country, except for the Judicial Assistance Directorate (DAJ) of Managua, known as “El Nuevo Chipote”.
According to the information released by the Ministry of the Interior (Migob), the total number of beneficiaries is 1,245 are men and 155 are women, all of them located among eight prisons in the country, mainly in those of Tipitapa, Granada, Matagalpa and Estelí. El Chipote, where about 30 political prisoners are located, did not appear on the list of prisons disclosed.
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Until last October, the Nicaraguan regime had sent home at least 3,450 common prisoners. Between 2014 and 2021, the Nicaraguan government released 33,690 prisoners from prison, for an annual average of 4,812 parole orders decreed directly by the Executive.
The release of common prisoners before serving their sentences has been criticized by feminist organizations, such as the Women’s Network against Violence, arguing that behind these benefits there is an increase in femicides and crime in general in Nicaragua.
The Ortega government usually grants probation to common prisoners on Easter, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, on the anniversary of the Sandinista revolution and on Christmas holidays.
According to the Mechanism for the Recognition of Political Prisoners in Nicaragua, in the country there are around 235 people deprived of their liberty for political reasons, the majority (225) detained after the social protests that began in April 2018. Until November 30 this year there were 209 men and 26 women incarcerated.
Human rights organizations have denounced the torture imposed by the Daniel Ortega regime on political prisoners, “the psycho-emotional affectations for political prisoners and their families with great impact on the rupture of communities and fracture of society are innumerable”, due to Forced separations even involve parents and minor children.
