A jail in Colombia
Type
Label
A jail in Colombia
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Not rated
Main title
A jail in Colombia
Medium
electronic resource
Runtime
52
Summary
A look inside the La Modelo prison in Bogota. Colombia. Called a "model" prison byColombian officials the prison in reality is controlled more by the prisoners, than theguards. With 5000 prisoners for 2400 spots, and not more than 150 security guardsassigned to the prison. The prison is awash in violence, and drugs. Last year, 162prisoners were killed there. The prison is controlled by three criminal groups:members of the guerrilla movement, paramilitary forces, and cocaine traffickers.They have broken the prison up into three different territories and each group has it'sown security forces, defending it's own territory
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
resource.variantTitle
Jail in Columbia
Contributor
Subject
Content
Director
producter
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