Tag: <span>Iris Varela</span>
August 14, 2012 > Staff
Venezuela Prison Deaths On The Rise, Says Report
Top Story — The Venezuelan Prisons Observatory, a prisoners’ rights watchdog group, said that 304 inmates have been murdered in Venezuelan prison violence during the first half of 2012, a fifteen percent […] Read More >
October 26, 2011 > Staff
Venezuela Prison Standoff Ends After Hostages Released
Today in Latin America Top Story — Inmates who had held hostage more than 50 guards and other prison workers in the Tocuyito lockup have released the final 12 hostages, […] Read More >
July 31, 2011 > Roque Planas
Venezuela Plans to Release 20,000 Prisoners
A Venezuelan government minister said Sunday that the country plans to reduce its prison population by some 40 percent, due to overcrowding. Venezuela’s new minister of penitentiary services, Iris Varela, […] Read More >