Honduras Wants to Build the West's Only Island Prison Colony
TimeJUL 2023
The building of a maximum security prison in the Caribbean Sea is needed to isolate dangerous and wealthy inmates, including corrupt people, drug traffickers, and gang leaders who have dominated Honduran prisons for too long. Finally, Honduras is taking steps to regain control of and restore security in the penitentiaries across the country.
The Honduran government has clearly made a U-turn on its promises to address gang violence through systemic reforms, instead adopting a populist, reactive, and short-sighted security policy that replicates neighboring El Salvador. Not only is it unlikely the project will solve the crime problem in the country, it will threaten the natural environment of the island.