Venezuela inmates occupy prison roof and set fire to mattresses to protest alleged abuses

Inmates at Barinas prison allege they were peacefully protesting when prison staff opened fire, leaving some wounded Inmates at Venezuela’s western Barinas prison staged a protest on its roof on Sunday, piling flaming mattresses and calling for the removal of the facility’s director, who they accused of overseeing guards as they shot unarmed prisoners. “We want justice. They are shooting us, the guards and the wardens,” a prisoner said in a video shared by the Venezuelan Observatory of Prison...

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Venezuelan prisoners stage rooftop protest over alleged abuse and shootings

Inmates in Venezuela's western Barinas prison staged a protest over alleged abuse.

Venezuelan inmates take to prison roof to protest shootings, abuse

Watch: Venezuelan inmates take control of prison over alleged abuse, set it on fire

Hundreds of inmates took control of a prison in western Venezuela on Sunday, claiming they were tortured and demanding its director be fired. "They are suffering because they are beating them terribly, torturing them, pouring cold water on them, electrocuting them, setting them on fire, mistreating them terribly," she said outside the prison.

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Venezuelan inmates take to prison roof to protest shootings, abuse - The Straits Times

Venezuelan inmates take to prison roof to protest shootings, abuse  The Straits Times