Venezuela, four prisoners aged between 63 and 72 died in prison in just 12 days

Four prisoners between the ages of 63 and 72 died in Venezuelan prisons in just 12 days, between 19 and 30 September. The Venezuelan Prison Observatory (OVP) reports this on its social networks, according to which over 60 people have died in prison in the country since April this year.

Carmen Rodríguez, 66, died on September 19 in the women's prison of Tocuyito, in the state of Carabobo, of a heart attack. On September 24, Tomasa Sánchez, 72 years old, died in the Western Penitentiary Center I, in the state of Táchira, due to cardiopulmonary arrest. Two days later César López, 68, was found lifeless in the police cells of Juan Germán Roscio, in the state of Guárico. On September 30, Hermes Carrero, 63, died of a heart attack in the Barinas judicial prison.

The OVP underlines that five days earlier a presidential commission had carried out an inspection of the facility to verify the conditions of the penal system and asks to ascertain whether the medical records and needs of the most vulnerable prisoners had been checked.