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Ecuador’s prison crisis deepened after military raids, causing a 137% rise in deaths by mid-2025 due to overcrowding, disease, and violence.
Ecuador’s prison crisis has worsened since President Daniel Noboa’s 2024 military takeover of 19 prisons, leading to a 137% surge in inmate deaths by mid-2025, according to Human Rights Watch.
At Guayaquil’s Litoral Penitentiary, overcrowded and unsanitary conditions have caused over 600 deaths this year from tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, and violence.
Inmates face restricted communication, banned visits, and untreated illnesses, with bodies sometimes left uncollected.
Families are forced to pay gangs for messages.
Despite a new maximum-security prison modeled after El Salvador’s CECOT and Noboa’s re-election on a tough anti-gang platform, conditions remain dire, and human rights groups warn of systemic failures and potential crimes against humanity.
La crisis carcelaria en Ecuador se profundizó después de las redadas militares, causando un aumento del 137% en las muertes a mediados de 2025 debido al hacinamiento, las enfermedades y la violencia.