Prisons in Honduras house an estimated 12,000 prisoners in Honduras, with a general population of 8 million.Asesinato de reo refleja crisis carcelaria en Honduras There have been a number of massacres, including 69 people killed in a rural prison outside La Ceiba called La Granja (The Farm) in April 2003.Inicia juicio histórico On April 26, 2008, 9 people were massacred in a prison located in the center of San Pedro Sula. Nine killed in Honduras jail riot On May 3, 2008, 18 prisoners were massacred in a prison to the north of Tegucigalpa, the capital city of Honduras. Ex pandilleros presos matan a 18 reclusos en cárcel hondureña Due to problems with street gangs, prisoners are divided into 3 groups: Maras (active gang members), Pesetas (former gang members) and paisas (those who have never been in a gang before their incarceration).

Actual population Penitentiary Construction materials Construction year Population2013 Design capacity Occupancy ratesCentro Penal de YoroAdobe, wood and tile1870191150%Centro Penal de TrujilloAdobe, brick and lamina1890309120%Centro Penal de La CeibaAdobe, wood and tile1906284100%Centro Penal La Esperanza, IntibucáAdobe, wood, tile1937301100%Centro Penal de Santa BárbaraAdobe, wood and tile194019570%Centro Penal de Puerto CortésBlock, brick and tile195015350%Penitencieria Nacional de San Pedro SulaAdobe. brick and lamina1953800%Centro Penal de OlanchitoBlock, brick and lamina196114460%Centro Penal de Puerto LempiraBlock, wood and lamina19676120%P.N. FemeninaBlock, concrete, lamina, brick1974164200%Centro Penal de Marcala Block, brick and lamina1975123120%Centro Penal de TelaBlock, brick and lamina1975123160%Centro Penal de El ProgresoBlock, brick and lamina1976402120%Centro Penal de ComayaguaBlock, concrete, lamina, brick1978471240%Centro Penal de NacaomeBlock. concrete, lamina and brick1978220120%Centro Penal de DanlíBlock, concrete, lamina, brick1980482240%Centro Penal de Santa Rosa de CopánBlock, brick and tile1980602240%P. N. de El Porvenir, La CeibaBlock, concrete, lamina and brick1980445240%P.N. de La PazBlock, concrete, lamina and brick1984208120%P.N. Marco Aurelio SotoBlock, concrete, lamina and brick1998%P.N. de CholutecaBlock, concrete, lamina and brick2001562800%Centro Penal de OcotepequeBlock, concrete and brick2001158153%P.N. de Gracias, LempiraBlock, concrete, lamina, brick2002561600%P.N. de JuticalpaBlock, concrete and lamina2007454800%Cárcel de El PozoBlock, concrete, lamina2016 Total / average / median1967 average1976  median11,673 total486 average293  median8,123   total338 average152  median%

See also Comayagua prison fire

References

External links Smith-Spark, Lauren. "Nasty, harsh, overcrowded: Life in a Honduran prison." CNN. Wednesday February 15, 2012.