Prisons in Honduras house an estimated 12,000 prisoners in Honduras, with a general population of 8 million.[1] There have been a number of massacres, including 69 people killed in a rural prison outside La Ceiba called La Granja (The Farm) in April 2003.[2] On April 26, 2008, 9 people were massacred in a prison located in the center of San Pedro Sula.[3] On May 3, 2008, 18 prisoners were massacred in a prison to the north of Tegucigalpa, the capital city of Honduras.[4] Due to problems with street gangs, prisoners are divided into 3 groups: Maras (active gang members), Pesetas (former gang members) and paisas (those who have never been in a gang before their incarceration).

Actual population

Penitentiary Construction materials Construction year Population
2013
Design capacity Occupancy rates
Centro Penal de YoroAdobe, wood and tile1870191150127%
Centro Penal de TrujilloAdobe, brick and lamina1890309120258%
Centro Penal de La CeibaAdobe, wood and tile1906284100284%
Centro Penal La Esperanza, IntibucáAdobe, wood, tile1937301100301%
Centro Penal de Santa BárbaraAdobe, wood and tile194019570279%
Centro Penal de Puerto CortésBlock, brick and tile195015350306%
Penitencieria Nacional de San Pedro SulaAdobe. brick and lamina19532,216800277%
Centro Penal de OlanchitoBlock, brick and lamina196114460240%
Centro Penal de Puerto LempiraBlock, wood and lamina19676120305%
P.N. FemeninaBlock, concrete, lamina, brick197416420082%
Centro Penal de MarcalaBlock, brick and lamina1975123120102%
Centro Penal de TelaBlock, brick and lamina197512316077%
Centro Penal de El ProgresoBlock, brick and lamina1976402120335%
Centro Penal de ComayaguaBlock, concrete, lamina, brick1978471240196%
Centro Penal de NacaomeBlock. concrete, lamina and brick1978220120183%
Centro Penal de DanlíBlock, concrete, lamina, brick1980482240201%
Centro Penal de Santa Rosa de CopánBlock, brick and tile1980602240251%
P. N. de El Porvenir, La CeibaBlock, concrete, lamina and brick1980445240185%
P.N. de La PazBlock, concrete, lamina and brick1984208120173%
P.N. Marco Aurelio SotoBlock, concrete, lamina and brick19982,8442,500114%
P.N. de CholutecaBlock, concrete, lamina and brick200156280070%
Centro Penal de OcotepequeBlock, concrete and brick2001158153103%
P.N. de Gracias, LempiraBlock, concrete, lamina, brick200256160094%
P.N. de JuticalpaBlock, concrete and lamina200745480057%
Cárcel de El PozoBlock, concrete, lamina20162,000
Total / average / median 1967 average
1976  median
11,673 total
486 average
293  median
8,123   total
338 average
152  median
192%

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