A Resolution to Reduce Overcrowding in Guatemalan Prisons

BGA/2/16

The delegates above represented the Delegation of Guatemala.

This legislation was filed in the Social, Humanitarian and Cultural category

Presented as part of the MUN B 2023 conference

1	21,752 male and 2,764 female inmates. This is three times the amount in facilities that aren’t
2	meant to hold that many people.
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4	Juvenile detention centers are almost at max capacity.
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6	The sanitation, medical, ventilation, temperature, and lighting facilities are inadequate.
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8	Prisoners cannot obtain potable water and not enough food; they were being charged extra for
9	more food.
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11	With the lack of guards and increase in prisoners, more stuff can go undetected. Like drug sales
12	and use.
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14	We call upon the UN for 90 million quetzals (12 million USD) in order to make the necessary
15	changes to the prison to increase security and reduce the overcrowding.
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17	The majority of the money will go to new buildings to relocate some of the inmates, and the rest
18	will go to hire more guards to protect the inmates and prevent fights.
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20	The overcrowding is causing life threatening conditions.
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22	There have been reports of killings, sexual assault, and poor medical care.
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24	Reports of gangs and trafficking groups that control major prisons.
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26	There has been suggested reports of gang members communicating and organizing killings across
27	prisons.
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29	Women faced physical and sexual abuse.
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31	Inmates with children younger than four were allowed to live with their mothers.
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33	The penitentiary system does not have adequate food for the young children. They can suffer from
34	a multitude of illnesses.
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