An inmate dies at the Tahíche Penitentiary Center

According to the ACAIP-UGT union, it is the third death that has been registered in the center so far this year

November 1 2021 (13:15 WET)
Updated in November 1 2021 (13:17 WET)
Tahíche Prison
Tahíche Prison

An inmate died early this Monday in the isolation module of the Tahíche Penitentiary Center. This was announced by the prison union, ACAIP-UGT, which also denounces that "it is the third inmate who has lost his life this year in the prison."

According to the union, at around 4:30 in the morning "the support inmate notified the officials' booth that an inmate, a native of Las Palmas, had taken his own life in the cell. Immediately, they explain from the union, the workers come and can do nothing to save the inmate's life.

According to ACAIP-UGT, it is the third death so far this year, although they clarify that the other two cases were related to overdoses

 

 

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