Overcrowded Prisons and a Weakened Middle Class in Paraguay

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Víctor Cáceres Encina wrote in ABCColor of Asunción that seven of Paraguay’s sixteen prisons are overcrowded, with Tacumbú Penitentiary in the worst shape, according to a recent report by the Mecanismo Nacional de Prevención de Torturas.  Tacumbú is 1,605 beyond capacity, followed by the prison of Ciudad del Este, which has 692 more inmates than it was designed to house.  

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