Traces of feces found in north Colombian prison food .

[Judi Lynn]

Traces of feces found in north Colombian prison food
Tuesday, 14 June 2011 09:34
Jim Glade

Colombia's Congress will call for the closure of a prison in Valledupar, the capital of the northeast Colombian department of Cesar, after discovering appalling conditions that include a lack of water and traces of feces in the prison food, newspaper El Tiempo reported Tuesday.

A group of congress members from the House's Human Rights Commission will ask the government Tuesday to close the prison in Valledupar, at least on a temporary basis, after an inspection Monday accompanied by the inspector general, the ombudsman and the comptroller found irregularities in the sanitary conditions at the facility.

Congressman Ivan Cepeda reported that the 1,300 inmates housed in the prison "have to relieve themselves in plastic bags and throw them through the bars."

Laboratory test results from the Ministry of Health in the Cesar department, that Cepeda reportedly has in his possession, find that, at least since 2008, traces of fecal matter have been found in the food served to prisoners in Valledupar.

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