Venezuela's Prison Crisis

A riot on Sunday, June 12, at El Rodeo prison left at least 22 inmates killed [es], ^[1] according to the government's report –other reports raise that number to 30 ^[2] [es]. The Devil's Excrement, criticizes ^[3] the way the Chávez administration has handled the country's prison problem, and today updates his blog ^[4] with the latest news coming from the prison: “This morning five thousand National Guardsmen were sent into the El Rodeo jail ^[5] to restore the law and order that the Government failed to impose over the last few years […].”