Tag Archives: Prisons

Jail House Night-Club, cont.

Posted on March 27, 2013 by

Looks like the El Rodeo I’s month-old nightclub won’t the only one up and running in the Venezuelan prison system. According to El Nacional’s crime reporter Thabata Molina, this Good Thrusday will be the brand new opening of a night-club … Continue reading →

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Pran in Chief (Updated)

Posted on July 26, 2011 by

To tackle Venezuela’s #1 Human Rights issue by heading the shiny new Special Ministry for Prisons Hugo Chávez has tapped none other than…the crazy lady whose idea of parliamentary debate involves leaving César Pérez Vivas’s face looking like this! Dear. Lord. … Continue reading →

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Time Dysplasia

Posted on June 20, 2011 by

The government no longer even bothers to deny that things are bad in Venezuelan jails, but thankfully the Penal System director has announced definite plans to open new prisons to house 13,000 new inmates Chávez himself is perfectly aware of … Continue reading →

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Twelve and a half years on, Chávez figures out he has a prison problem

Posted on June 2, 2011 by

Twelve and a half years into his lease on Miraflores, Hugo Chávez has suddenly realized his finger prints are all over some of the worst human rights conditions in any prison system in Latin America, with literally thousands of people … Continue reading →

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