I DEMAND AN END TO THE INHUMANE CONDITIONS AT LA TRAMACUA PRISON IN VALLEDUPAR, COLOMBIA…designed and advised by the US BUREAU OF PRISONS!
At La Tramacua, temperatures get as high as 105 degrees, with no form of cooling, but prisoners are granted access to water only 10 minutes a day. There are no sanitary toilets and open sewage runs by the kitchen. Fecal contamination of food has been documented by the United Nations Commission on Human Rights and other national and international agencies. Inmates are subjected to harsh punishments--even torture, especially political prisoners. La Tramacua was built with US Federal Bureau of Prisons and USAID funding. It is the first of at least eleven prisons being built by the US and Colombia to establish a “New Penitentiary Culture”--what appears to be a culture of repression and abuse. We therefore demand that:
1) The prisoners of La Tramacua be granted immediate access to potable water 24 hours a day;
2) They be supplied with sanitary, working toilets;
3) Inhumane punishments and all forms of torture cease immediately;
4) That the US Congress open immediate investigations into the US Bureau of Prisons and USAID relationship with Colombian prisons to assess their culpability in allowing these conditions to occur.
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Reached 250 supporters
September 16, 2010
September 14, 2010
The stories coming out of La Tramacua are worsening. I am currently compiling documentation to present directly to embassy officials.
Reached 100 supporters
August 22, 2010
6 Comments
105 degrees with almost no water?? that is literally torture. how is this still running in 2016???
This is completely wrong. No one should be treated like that regardless of what they did. Fix this now.
My taxes paid for this?? I am so ashamed that we helped build a place that ignores basic human rights. Do better.
shut it down. disgusting.
Stop the abuse. It is 2017 not the dark ages. Give these people water and clean facilities.
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I DEMAND AN END TO THE INHUMANE CONDITIONS AT LA TRAMACUA PRISON IN VALLEDUPAR, COLOMBIA…designed and advised by the US BUREAU OF PRISONS!
At La Tramacua, temperatures get as high as 105 degrees, with no form of cooling, but prisoners are granted access to water only 10 minutes a day. There are no sanitary toilets and open sewage runs by the kitchen. Fecal contamination of food has been documented by the United Nations Commission on Human Rights and other national and international agencies. Inmates are subjected to harsh punishments--even torture, especially political prisoners. La Tramacua was built with US Federal Bureau of Prisons and USAID funding. It is the first of at least eleven prisons being built by the US and Colombia to establish a “New Penitentiary Culture”--what appears to be a culture of repression and abuse. We therefore demand that:
1) The prisoners of La Tramacua be granted immediate access to potable water 24 hours a day;
2) They be supplied with sanitary, working toilets;
3) Inhumane punishments and all forms of torture cease immediately;
4) That the US Congress open immediate investigations into the US Bureau of Prisons and USAID relationship with Colombian prisons to assess their culpability in allowing these conditions to occur.
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
September 16, 2010
September 14, 2010
The stories coming out of La Tramacua are worsening. I am currently compiling documentation to present directly to embassy officials.
Reached 100 supporters
August 22, 2010
6 Comments
fecal matter in the food is a health crisis waiting to happen. get the inspectors in there before people start dying from cholera.
105 degrees with almost no water?? that is literally torture. how is this still running in 2016???
This is completely wrong. No one should be treated like that regardless of what they did. Fix this now.
My taxes paid for this?? I am so ashamed that we helped build a place that ignores basic human rights. Do better.
shut it down. disgusting.
Stop the abuse. It is 2017 not the dark ages. Give these people water and clean facilities.
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fecal matter in the food is a health crisis waiting to happen. get the inspectors in there before people start dying from cholera.