The announcement came a day after the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) asked Ecuador to regain control of its prisons.
QUITO.- Ecuador will incorporate next November to 1,400 new prison officers to combat insecuritywhich last year left 316 deceased prisoners in brawls between gangs linked to drug trafficking, according to the general director of the National Penitentiary Service, Pablo Ramírez.
Agents will receive training “from the first prison training center with the help of the academy”, where both directors of rehabilitation centers and prison guides will be trained, said the head of the National Service for Comprehensive Care for Adults Deprived of Liberty and Adolescent Offenders (SNAI).
The announcement took place on March 18, 2022, one day after the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) asked the Ecuadorian Government take back control of your prisons and prevent crimesin a report after a visit to the country last December.
In that document, precisely, the inter-American body considered elemental increase prison staff in charge of the security and surveillance of penitentiary centers.
reduce overcrowding
Ramírez recalled that one of the main axes in the matter is the professionalization of prison guides and directorsadding that among the first actions adopted is the reduction in prison populationanother of the requirements noted by international organizations.
“We are in a constant dialogue with those deprived of liberty to carry out a control of the prisons and in this way contribute to the rehabilitation, “said the official. EFE
