New Delhi: According to shocking news coming from South America, a total of 49 prisoners died while escaping from jail on Tuesday in Bagota, Colombia. At the same time, more than 40 have also been injured.
Here, according to media reports, this information has been given by the jail authorities. According to jail officials, the incident took place due to a stampede among the inmates after the fire. In this regard, a spokesperson of the National Penitentiary and Prison Institute said that a total of 49 prisoners were killed in the incident. However, the number of these deaths may also increase.
Significantly, there are currently more people in Colombia’s prisons than capacity. On the other hand, according to official figures, Colombian prisons have a capacity of 81,000 people but have a capacity of about 97,000.
On the other hand, many prisons in Latin America are also overcrowded. Deadly riots keep happening in the jails here. At the same time, hundreds of people have also died in prisons in neighboring Ecuador in the last year.
