FSRN Fire in Overcrowded Prison Kills Hundreds of Hondurans
Channel: Reddebrek
Date: 2012-02-19

In Honduras, The death toll is rising from a fire at a prison and families and human rights advocates are raising concerns about inhumane conditions at the facility and how authorities responded. Today, the number of dead reached 382, according to media reports citing the fire department in Comayagua. The deadly incident sheds light on a deeply flawed judicial system and a pattern of dangerous prison conditions in the country. For more, we're joined by Oscar Estrada, a Honduran journalist, lawyer, and documentary filmmaker. His film "El Porvenir" traces the murder of 69 gang members in a prison near city of Ceiba. He joins us by phone near Boston.


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