Sorry state of human rights in prisons: starvation and sickness

www.vheadline.com Posted: Thursday, February 20, 2003 By: Patrick J. O'Donoghue

Venezuela Prisons Observatory coordinator, Humberto Prado has sent a message to the Supreme Tribunal of Justice (TSJ) magistrate, Ivan Rincon, warning that prisoners are experiencing starvation.

The letter complains that prisoners in many instances do not get three square meals a day and unfortunately, sometimes receive just one meal a day.

• Prado adds to the macabre reality highlighting that medical attention is practically non-existent in the country's prisons. 

The Observatory group calls on Rincon to open a "thorough and impartial investigation" into the matter, reminding him that Criminal Process Law Article 479 stipulates that judges have the power to order procedures when they observe irregularities in prisons and detention centers.