The Government of Paraguay completed Operation Justice Umbral 2.5, transferring 361 women deprived of liberty to the Emboscada Penitentiary Complex (COMPLE), definitively eliminating mixed prisons in the country. The Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare mobilized 30 professionals and ambulances to ensure medical care throughout the process.
Rodrigo Nicora
Ministro de Justicia de Paraguay que anunció la reestructuración del sistema penitenciario femenino.
The Paraguayan government announced a restructuring of the female prison system, turning the Emboscada Penitentiary Complex into the country's only prison exclusively for women. The measure includes the definitive closure of the Juana María de Lara Penitentiary Center in Ciudad del Este and the elimination of mixed units in five cities.
With the transfer of 361 female inmates to the COMPLE in Emboscada, the Paraguayan government eliminates mixed units and closes the women's prison in Ciudad del Este, complying with the constitutional separation of pretrial and convicted inmates.
In the early hours of Monday, unknown individuals fired multiple shots at Lavadero Conesul in Pedro Juan Caballero and left a note in Portuguese with collection threats. The attack comes days after the Pax Conesul funeral home, owned by the same person, was also targeted by gunfire. Police are investigating the motive.