The structural and technological repowering works in the maximum security prison in Guayaquil began in September 2021.
Fausto Cobo, director in charge of the National Service for Attention to Persons Deprived of Liberty (SNAI), pointed out that the Center for the Deprivation of Liberty Zone 8, called ‘The rock‘, is being subjected to adaptations for the transfer of the most dangerous inmates.
«The lower part of ‘The rock‘where 100 people could be located,’ he mentioned.
In addition, in an interview with Ecuavisa, Cobo assured that more prisons will be conditioned to continue with the purpose of reclassify to the most violent Persons Deprived of Liberty (PPL) so that they “do not continue to do” what has been seen in recent days.
Although the list of the inmates who will be transferred to this penitentiary, An alert from the National Police indicated that the leaders of criminal organizations spoke out in this regard announcing actions such as new revolts in the prisons and the increase in murders in the streets.
‘The rock’
The Center for the Deprivation of Liberty Zonal 8, better known as’The rock‘, was built in 2008 and has been closed since 2013. It is located a few meters from the’ Penitenciaría del Litoral ‘and, since its creation, it has been considered “maximum security”.
The adjustments This center began in September 2021, when the then official head of the SNAI, Fausto Cobo, announced his technical, technological and infrastructure repowering to place people considered most dangerous.
Cobo said that the National Police will be the entity in charge of the administration of this social confinement center considered as “maximum security.”
As part of the coordinated actions to control the prison crisis, Cobo announced that the entire perimeter of the ‘Litoral Penitentiary’ is insured by the Armed Forces and the National Police. He also said that “operations were initiated to destroy the watchtowers that the inmates used in the pavilions to prevent the public force from approaching and firing.” (MFU)
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