The old prison that now operates as a museum: the transformation of Panóptico de Ibagué.

El Pais

Lean Left

High Factuality

Media Conglomerate: PRISA

The old prison that now operates as a museum: the transformation of Panóptico de Ibagué.

There are places where taking a step forward, rather than the impulse of a movement, is moving to another moment in history. It's moving to scenes from the past that find ways to remain. In the old prison of Ibagué, there are no longer the laments of prisoners, the sirens that alerted about a disturbance, nor the prayers of detainees asking for the end of their sentence. The sounds from then have faded. Only in cell number 138 are there noticeab…