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De La Espriella ordered 91 inmates transferred to retake prisons

President Abelardo De La Espriella reported that Inpec transferred 91 people deprived of liberty from Montería, Sincelejo, Cartagena and Barranquilla, as part…

--- The context --- On Tuesday, October 20, the president of the Republic, Abelardo De La Espriella, gave details of an order he issued to the National Penitentiary and Prison Institute (Inpec). The instruction seeks to recover control in the different penitentiary centers of the country and forms part of the registration and control operations reported by the president. --- The facts --- According to what the president reported, Inpec transferred 91 people deprived of liberty to other penitentiary establishments in the country. Of the total, 41 left from Montería, 46 from Sincelejo, 2 from Cartagena and 2 from Barranquilla. The original order referred to transferring more than 90 alleged criminals to other prisons in the country, under the warning that his Government will continue in the task of recovering penitentiary control. In addition, according to what the head of State detailed, in Girón Inpec, in coordination with the Gaula of the National Police, seized a SIM card, 5,58 grams of vegetable substance, a battery and a data cable. The president also assured that during the first 50 days of his government 4.080 registration and control operations were carried out and 10.716 disconnections of clandestine electrical networks were executed in the penitentiary centers of the country, in addition to 682 transfers of people identified as risk factors. --- The positions --- The position of the Government, as expressed by the president, is that privileges in prisons have ended and that those facilities cannot continue to be operations centers from where justice is mocked. De La Espriella affirmed that prisons are for serving sentences and not for continuing to commit crimes, stressed that he will not yield in the battle against criminality and maintained that in prisons the State commands and the law is fulfilled with rigor, under strict security protocols. --- What remains unknown --- The information provided does not specify to which establishments the 91 transferred people were taken nor does it detail the criterion applied in each case within the overall figure. Nor is it known what follow-up the operations will have or how recovery of control will be measured. --- Unanswered questions --- To which prisons exactly were the 91 people transferred and with what criterion were they distributed among the new establishments? What concrete results did the 4.080 registration and control operations leave beyond the figures provided by the president? How will it be verified that the 682 transfers of risk factors sustainably reduce criminal activity from the penitentiary centers of the country? --- EPM analysis --- The announcement organizes the debate around a central idea: recovering institutional control of prisons through transfers, registrations and disconnections. The figures provided by the president himself describe a broad operation, with movements from Montería, Sincelejo, Cartagena and Barranquilla and a specific seizure in Girón. Its effectiveness will depend on continuity of controls and information about each transfer. 📌 EPM Take: In EPM's view, the transfer of 91 people and the balance of operations show a decision to recover penitentiary control with measures verifiable in figures, transfers and seizures. The success of the strategy will be measured by its continuity, by clarity about the destinations and criteria applied and by the capacity of Inpec to sustain control without depending only on announcements. For now, the Government marks a line of authority that must be confirmed with sustained results in each intervened prison in the country.
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