Government Extends State of Emergency in Five Peruvian Prisons for 60 Days
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The Government extended for 60 calendar days the state of emergency in five highly dangerous prisons, due to the continuing disturbance of peace and internal order. The measure, officialized by a supreme decree published in the bulletin of legal norms of the Diario Oficial El Peruano, includes the prisons of Challapalca, Cochamarca, Miguel Castro Castro, Ancón I and Trujillo Varones. It also includes the outer perimeter of up to 200 meters aroun…
For the duration of the extension, “the exercise of constitutional rights to freedom of transit, freedom of assembly and personal freedom and security is restricted or suspended”
The Government extended the state of emergency in five Peruvian prisons for 60 days since November 2026. PNP and the Armed Forces will strengthen their security.
The executive branch extends, for 60 calendar days, the state of emergency declared in prisons of high danger at the national level, by the National Penitentiary Institute (INPE), due to the persistence of the disturbance of peace and internal order.
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