
The Cuban Prison Documentation Center recorded 79 violations of prisoners' rights and four deaths in several penitentiary facilities in the country during the month of September.
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The Cuban Prison Documentation Center has been documenting the prison situation on the island for years.
The Documentation Center on Cuban Prisons (CDPC), a Mexico-based NGO, recorded 79 violations of prisoners' rights in Cuba and the deaths of four inmates during the month of September.
The reports came from 34 facilities, including prisons, forced labor camps and penal re-education centers, distributed in 12 provinces and in the special municipality of Isla de la Juventud. The largest number of incidents occurred in Camagüey, Havana and Mayabeque.
The denial of medical assistance was the subject of 27 complaints, while 26 concerned issues relating to the state of health. This is followed by reports relating to food (19), communication restrictions (15) and prisoner transfers (nine). Overall, 72 people were involved — four women and 68 men — while another 23 reports described situations affecting the entire prison population of a specific facility.
CDPC has been documenting the prison situation on the island for years. Between March 2024 and March 2025, it recorded 60 deaths in Cuban prisons.

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