The Daily Journal. — More than 60 inmates have died in state custody at detention facilities across Venezuela since April, according to a report released Thursday by the nongovernmental organization Venezuelan Prison Observatory (OVP). The human rights organization said the most recent case involved Luis Alejandro García, 30, who died at the Juan López New […]
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The Daily Journal — A coalition of relatives of political prisoners and national and international human rights organizations has called on the Venezuelan government to allow an independent, transparent, and technical assessment of detention facilities that may have suffered damage during the June 24 earthquakes. The groups warned that conditions inside the prisons could place […]
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The Daily Journal — Venezuela’s prison system recorded an average of one inmate death every two days during 2025, reaching a total of 181 deaths in prisons and police detention facilities, according to the annual report presented by the Venezuelan Prison Observatory (OVP). The report, titled In Venezuela, Death Is Preferable to Living the Horror […]
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