Peru: One of the world's tallest prisons inaugurated.

(Baonghean.vn) - A prison built at an altitude of 4,100 meters, where temperatures can drop as low as -14°C, was inaugurated in Peru on July 9th.

As one of the tallest prisons in the world, the newly inaugurated prison in Peru was built near Cochamarca, a village of 1,500 inhabitants, 200 km north of the capital Lima.

A newly constructed prison at an altitude of 4,100 meters was inaugurated in Peru on July 9th. Photo: Peruvian Ministry of Interior.

According to authorities, the prison covers an area of ​​6 hectares with a capacity of up to 1,224 inmates and is equipped with solar panels.

Newly elected President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski stated that in Peru, prisons are frequently overcrowded, lacking as many as 40,000 cells.

This was also one of the main themes that helped Pedro Pablo Kuczynski win the election against his opponent Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of former dictator Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000).

Peruvian Interior Minister Jose Luis Perez Guadalupe at the prison inauguration ceremony. Photo: Peruvian Ministry of Interior.

In 2012, the government of outgoing President Ollanta Humala, whose term will end on July 28, rejected a request from the United Nations Committee Against Torture to close the Challapalca and Yabamayo prisons located at an altitude of 4,500 meters.

The reason given by the committee was that living conditions in the two prisons were extremely poor and they were geographically isolated.

Chu Thanh

(According to 20Minutes)