The project to build a mega-prison in the municipality of Candelaria (Atlántico) was cancelled, according to statements made by the Minister Wilson Ruiz at the beginning of the Conference of Ministers of Justice that takes place in Barranquilla.
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According to the statement given by the head of this portfolio in the first instance, the decision was made “by mutual agreement” and due to “lack of resources.”
However, Minister Ruíz indicated that the intention of making this project a reality, with a capacity for 5,000 inmates, it keeps. As he explained, in the future it could be resumed with a new agreement.
It must be remembered that this initiative arose with the purpose of confronting overcrowding in the detention centers of Barranquilla and the municipalities of the department.
But from the beginning, the community opposed the project for lack of socialization and concerned about the safety of the population, as he considered. For this reason, they carried out at least three demonstrations.
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The reaction of the Government of the Atlantic
The mega-prison project, in the municipality of Candelaria, is a project that, despite being very necessary in the department, had weaknesses from the beginning.
Faced with these statements by Minister Ruíz, the Government of the Atlantic, through the Secretary of the Interior and Government, Yesid Turbay, spoke on the morning of this Wednesday.
“The mega-prison project, in the municipality of Candelaria, is a project that, despite being very necessary in the department, from the beginning had weaknesses in its socialization,” said the official.
In that sense, he recalled that he had the disapproval of the inhabitants in the area of influence and clarified the position taken by this authority in the face of the decline in construction.
“From the Government of Atlántico we have guaranteed all the necessary actions to start the project, but without the approval of the community it is very difficult to execute a work of these characteristics”, concluded Turbay.
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