por James Jordan, traducido del inglés por Adrian Boutureira Continúan las huelgas de miles de presos en 21 instituciones penitenciarias en Colombia contra la crisis humanitaria en las cárceles.
Prison Imperialism
Action alerts, Colombia, James Patrick Jordan, Political prisoners, Prison Imperialism
More than 11,000 Colombian Prisoners in Hunger Strike-International Solidarity Needed!
by James Jordan More than 11,000 Colombian prisoners in 21 penitentiaries are in their 13th day of a hunger strike and other forms of nonviolent resistance
Nasim Chatha, Political prisoners, Prison Imperialism, Uncategorized
USA’s Prison Industrial Complex Moves South of the Border
by Nasim Chatha The United States today uses an extensive and unprecedented form of imprisonment and policing as social control of its most marginalized communities. It is a unique culture of incarceration: no other country locks up their population to the same degree that we do, nor has so perfected imprisonment as a tool of…
Action alerts, Colombia, Political prisoners, Prison Imperialism
Join Noam Chomsky, Medea Benjamin, others in Colombia Prisoner Solidarity
Prisoners at La Tramacúa have access to water only ten minutes per day. Fifty-Four Prisoners at La Tramacúa started a hunger strike and eight prisoners sew their own lips shut. Please Add Your Signature to Those of Noam Chomsky, Medea Benjamin, Rev. John Fife and Others and Sign this Open Letter Calling for La Tramacúa…
Colombia, James Patrick Jordan, News, Political prisoners, Prison Imperialism
A Visit Inside Colombia’s Most Notorious Prison, La Tramacúa
By James Jordan, Alliance for Global Justice National Co-Coordinator I called Raquel Mogollón just minutes after she had come from a rare visit inside the pavilions of Colombia’s most notorious prison, the High Security Penitentiary of Valledupar, commonly known as La Tramacúa. Mogollón is the Chair of the Alliance for Global Justice (AFGJ) Colombia Committee…
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AFGJ Enters La Tramacúa Prison Following Brutal Beatings of Inmates
There have been two critical developments in the LA TRAMACÚA PRISON, which was built with U.S. funds and input. We have learned of a brutal eight hour attack against the striking prisoners at La Tramacúa. The attacks occurred this weekend and have left five people in the hospital and at least 30 persons in need…
Colombia, News, Political prisoners, Prison Imperialism
Colombian Political Prisoner Enters 30th Day of Hunger Strike in the Infamous Tramacua Penitentiary
Today, Felix Rodrigo Sanabria completes one month of a hunger strike amid the squalid conditions of La Tramacua. La Tramacua is the first prison built under a US designed program to restructure Colombia’s prison system and increase its capacity by 40 percent. The Alliance for Global Justice has just received an urgent alert from our…
Colombia, James Patrick Jordan, Prison Imperialism, Uncategorized
The “New Penitentiary Culture”: US Designs for Colombian Jails
How the USAID, Federal Bureau of Prisons and the School of the Americas Have Impacted Colombia’s Prison System By James Jordan Reprinted from The Narco News Bulletin September 9, 2010 Amid much talk of human rights and improved conditions for those deprived of liberty, in March of 2000, the US ambassador and Colombia’s Minister of Justice signed…
Colombia, Español, James Patrick Jordan, Prison Imperialism, Uncategorized
La “Nueva Cultura Penitenciaria”: Los diseños estadunidenses para las prisiones colombianas
Cómo USAID, el Buró Federal de Prisiones y la Escuela de las Américas han impactado el sistema penitenciario colombiano Por James Jordan Originalmente publicado en The Narco News Bulletin 10 de septiembre 2010 En medio de tanta discusión sobre derechos humanos y sobre la mejora de las condiciones de aquellos privados de su libertad, en…
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La Tramacúa: Colombia’s Abu Ghraib
By James Jordan Special to The Narco News Bulletin August 17, 2010 This report appears on the internet at http://www.narconews.com/Issue66/article4177.html The name commonly used to refer to the Medium and High Security Penitentiary of Valledupar is “La Tramacúa.” What that name means exactly, no one is certain. But it is a name that is infamous throughout Colombia…