Gajardo Responds to Criticism of Prisoner Escapes in valparaíso: "We Have Fewer Incidents than Previous governments."

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The Minister of Justice and Human Rights, Jaime Gajardo, addressed during a session of the Senate's Constitutional Commission the escape in the Valparaíso prison complex last weekend, after being questioned about these facts by the parliamentarians. In this regard, Gajardo pointed out that this “is a serious fact”, where “there is responsibility of the gendarmerie officials”, and that it is given “for lack of control within the penal establishme…

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The Minister of Justice asserted that prison escapes have decreased during the current administration, despite prison overcrowding, and defended the prison security plan implemented by the government.