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There are already 422 infections in the Villavicencio prison and in Picaleña (Ibagué) 12 more people contracted the virus. The new coronavirus is also in the Leticia (Amazonas), La Picota, Bogotá, Florencia (Caquetá) and Guaduas (Cundinamarca) prisons. Likewise, there are two cases in the general direction of Inpec.
The new coronavirus first arrived at Villavicencio prison.
For months, multilateral organizations and human rights organizations have been warning about the disastrous effects that the COVID-19 pandemic would have on people deprived of liberty. In Colombia, where overcrowding in prisons amounts to 51% and there is a permanent violation of fundamental rights that the Constitutional Court has called “unconstitutional state of affairs” the picture is no different.
The virus first reached the Villavicencio municipal jail and has since spread to other detention centers. In this note we show you how.
April 30, 2020
The Governor of Meta, Juan Guillermo Zuluaga, confirmed that infections within the Villavicencio prison totaled 319.
April 29, 2020
Meta Governor Juan Guillermo Zuluaga confirmed four new cases of COVID-19 in Villavicencio prison, which is now the epicenter of the pandemic in prisons. With these, the number of cases in the prison amounts to 314.
April 28, 2020
In Villavicencio prison, epicenter of the pandemic among the country’s prisons, there are already 310 cases. This newspaper learned that two Inpec officials working in the Florence prison contracted COVID-19, bringing the number of infections in this detention center to five.
April 27, 2020
The Governor of Meta, Juan Guillermo Zuluaga, confirmed that the number of infections in the Villavicencio prison amounted to 203. Adding the first death of a man who had already regained his freedom, there are 204 cases linked to this detention center.
April 26, 2020
The Governor of Meta, Juan Guillermo Zuluaga, confirmed that the number of infections in the Villavicencio prison amounted to 186, among guards and officials. This, because the authorities do not count the first reported case, since it was a man who died after regaining his freedom.
April 25, 2020
The first contagion of COVID-19 is confirmed in the Picaleña prison in Ibagué. This is an inmate who in recent weeks had been transferred from Villavicencio, after he was allegedly a center in an attempted riot in the prison center of the capital of Meta. With the confirmation of the presence of the new coronavirus in the Tolima capital prison, there are already six prisons in the country with cases of this disease.
April 24, 2020
The first case of COVID-19 is confirmed in the Leticia prison (Amazonas). This is a guardian who was recently in Brazil. According to this newspaper, the man has kept all the biosecurity recommendations and is isolated.
April 23, 2020
It was confirmed that the number of infections in La Picota amounted to five. The mayor of Villavicencio confirmed that the cases in the municipal prison amounted to 109. Additionally, the nursing assistant and the head nurse, who are all the health personnel in the detention center, as well as the chief of the disease, contracted the disease. kitchen and the prison chef.
April 22, 2020
The Governor of Meta, Juan Guillermo Zuluaga, confirms 40 new infections in the Villavicencio prison, where 1,782 people are being held. Although initially they were infected only in one of the courtyards (Santander), this time it was confirmed that 38 inmates from the other prison block, Colombia, also have the virus. The other two cases are from Inpec guards.
Likewise, the first case was confirmed in the Guaduas prison (Cundinamarca), located on the road that leads from this municipality to Honda (Tolima), at kilometer 30. This is an inmate who was transferred in recent weeks from Villavicencio .
(Also read: Neighbors tell us that we are a source of contagion: Inpec guard in Guaduas prison)
April 21, 2020
More cases are confirmed in the Villavicencio prison for a total of 12 deprived of liberty and 15 infected officials. There are three victims.
April 19, 2020
The first case of contagion is reported in the Las Heliconias prison in Florencia in Caquetá. This is a 35-year-old man who was transferred from the Villavicencio prison.
(In context: Prisons in Colombia, a “pressure cooker” in the days of COVID-19 (analysis))
April 18, 2020
The first two cases of contagion in the La Picota prison in Bogotá are confirmed. These are two people who were transferred from the Villavicencio prison in previous days.
April 17th
Inpec confirmed the death of the Villavicencio prison inmate who was hospitalized for a total of three deaths. It also reported 20 active cases of contagion: 13 prisoners and 7 guards.
(Also read: Life inside the Villavicencio prison, the first with COVID-19 cases)
April 11
Inpec confirmed the first death of an inmate under his surveillance. This is a 78-year-old man who was in Villavicencio prison with a history of respiratory disease. In addition, the contagion of an inmate who had been hospitalized since the beginning of April was confirmed.
April 10th
Colombia reports the first inmate to die from the new coronavirus. This is a 63-year-old man with a history of respiratory disease who was detained in the Villavicencio prison. Although he regained his freedom on April 1, he went directly to the local hospital and died there on April 5.
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