Afterwards they can receive one 30-minute visit every month, but only from immediate family members. They are confined to their small cells for all but half an hour each day. They also are denied medical treatment. The food is very bad. Often times, the food is rotten and the guards mix in glass, rats, or cockroaches with the food.
Prison conditions are the same for women and men.
But the women must in addition endure sexual assaults and intimidation. There is also a lack of water in the prisons. All prisoners receive only two liters of water per day for bathing, washing, and drinking. The Peruvian government knows that the MRTA is a political organization which does not violate its principles. The militants of the MRTA are determined to see this through to the end.