Saunas, aquariums and bar found at Mexico prison

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Agence France-Presse

Saunas, aquariums and bar found at Mexico prison
Agence France-Presse
on Feb 14, 2016 @ 5:30 PM

Authorities found "luxury cells" with aquariums, portable saunas and even a bar at a Mexican prison where 49 inmates were killed in a brawl, officials said Sunday.

The warden and superintendent of the Topo Chico prison in the northern industrial city of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon state, were arrested and accused of drug trafficking and failing to apply security measures.

A guard faces charges of fatally shooting one of the inmates during Thursday's melee.

Zetas drug cartel leader Ivan Hernandez Cantu, alias "El Credo," had a king-sized bed in his cell, a huge flat-screen television and a luxury bath, the Nuevo Leon state prosecutor's office said.

Read more: http://www.globalpost.com/article/6733061/2016/02/14/portable-saunas-aquariums-found-mexico-prison

[deathrind]

1. It's Mexico...

If this was Pelican Bay or Clinton Correctional or Perryvile that would be one thing but this is in Mexico.

You should see some of the so called "prisons" over in Europe. Some are like 3 star hotels if not better.

[trillion]

6. Our two tier justice system leaves the rich in luxury prisons here if they go but usually we don't

even put them in. Prison is for small time criminals not big ones. That's why you never hear of a rich person going to prison anymore unless it's a reality star.

[winstars]

2. C'mon Pelican Fly!!! C'mon Pelican....

[rocktivity]

3. And that El Chapo guy tried to break out?

rocktivity

[trillion]

7. Tried? he succeeded.

[XemaSab]

4. Yeah, but the guy doing your mani-pedi

is a 300-lb dude with facial tats.

[Tab]

5. Damn, I'm going

Who do I have to, ummm.... snuff??

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

8. When I was in jail in Mexico in 1968

the former chief of police was convicted of murder, he had an unlocked private cell and a gun.

[Judi Lynn]

9. Mexican officials find aquariums and more in prison

February 15, 2016, 3:24 PM

Mexican officials find aquariums and more in prison

MONTERREY, Mexico - Vast luxuries such as saunas, a bar, food stands and appliances were discovered by authorities entering a prison in northern Mexico to investigate a riot that killed 49 inmates.

Nuevo Leon state authorities said in a statement late Sunday that the cells inside Monterrey's Topo Chico prison were outfitted with mini fridges, air conditioners, digital cable and aquariums. There were 280 food and grocery stands where inmates could buy goods.

The riot broke out Thursday between two rival factions of the Zetas drug cartel. It has since opened searing questions about gang rule, extortion and human rights violations in Mexico's overcrowded prisons, where people merely awaiting trial are mixed in with some of the world's most hardened killers.

Heavy machinery was brought in to haul away tons of contraband furniture and other goods that authorities had piled in the prison yard, the statement said.

More:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/mexico-officials-find-aquariums-saunas-topo-chico-prison/

[Judi Lynn]

10. Mexico dismantles 'luxury cells' in Topo Chico riot jail

Mexico dismantles 'luxury cells' in Topo Chico riot jail
15 February 2016

. . .

While the majority of prisoners are held in cells without water, ventilation or light, a police sweep of the prison on the weekend revealed that gang leaders enjoyed special privileges.

A statement by the Nuevo Leon state prosecutor's office said Zetas leader Ivan Hernandez Cantu had his cell equipped with a king-size bed, a luxury bath and a huge television.

. . .

Prison inspectors had in the past denounced the fact that ordinary prisoners had to "rent" space in cells and buy their food at inflated prices from other inmates.

Those who could not afford to pay for space within the cells had to take turns sleeping, or bed down in the prison corridors.

More:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-35578390