Castro Prison Reaches Historical Rates of Overcrowding: 203 Inmates Are Housed in a Space of 85

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Castro’s Centro de Detención Preventiva (CDP), in the Los Lagos region, has reached historical rates of overcrowding. It is that the complex, which is located in the heart of the city, houses 203 inmates in a space designed for 85, which implies an occupation of more than 240%. To this is added the damaged infrastructure of the complex, built in the 1970s, which, by the way, has reactivated the debate for a new prison complex for Chiloé. Read al…