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| Mexico's prisons overloaded |
| By The Arizona Republic |
| Published: 11/20/2007 |
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MEXICO - Dangerous, overcrowded and corrupt prisons raise questions about Mexico's ability to handle a $1.4 billion, U.S.-funded crackdown on drug smugglers that aims to put even more people behind bars. Prison overcrowding is the highest it has been in at least a decade, with nearly 217,000 inmates in prisons built for 164,000, according to Mexican government figures. Violence, drug-dealing and corruption among guards are rampant as wardens struggle to control inmates. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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