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Peru Prison Conditions: What Joran Van Der Sloot Could Face
Joran Van Der Sloot Has Reportedly Confessed to the Murder of Stephany Flores; If He is Convicted and Sent to Prison in Peru What Conditions Await Him?
Peruvian authorities say Joran Van Der Sloot gave them a tearful confession and admitted to killing 21-year-old Peruvian citizen Stephany Flores. Peru does not have the death penalty so if convicted of murder Van Der Sloot will be sent to prison, although a life sentence ruling does not exist in the Peruvian justice system. He will however most likely receive extensive prison time.
- Van Der Sloot's Confession
- Stephany Flores' Final Hours With Joran Van Der Sloot
- Joran Van Der Sloot Surveillance Video Released
- Peru and the Death Penalty
- Joran Van Der Sloot Fears He May Be Killed in Prison
In Which Prison Could Joran Van Der Sloot Be Incarcerated?
Van Der Sloot is currently being held in the Miguel Castro Castro prison and he will most likely remain there until the investigation in to Flores' death is complete. This maximum security prison (as seen from above) was the scene of an attack in 1992 when about 135 female prison inmates and about 450 male prison inmates were attacked by guards over the course of three days.
Many of these prisoners were beaten and humiliated and held in solitary confinement without medical care. They could not contact their families or attorneys. The Inter-American Court of Human Rights investigated the incident and found that Peru had violated articles 4, 5(1), 5(2), 8(1) and 25 of the American Convention on Human Rights. As a result they were ordered to punish those responsible for the attacks, provide medical care to all who needed it, return any bodies to the next of kin and to pay reparations to the victims and their families.
There are reports however, that Miguel Castro Castro prison will not be secure enough to hold Van Der Sloot and he may have to be incarcerated at Piedras Gordas (map), another maximum security prison.
According to details published about this prison, it is made of reinforced concrete and is about 161,458 square feet.
For security reasons again, not much information is disclosed about this location, but this article in tribunalatina.com says it is reserved for extremely dangerous prisoners and it seems to have more security than Miguel Castro Castro prison.
Peru Prison Conditions According to Human Rights Report
The conditions in Peruvian prisons was one of the sections looked at in the 2009 U.S. Department of State Human Rights Report, published March 11 2010.
As of last year there were 44,800 inmates (2,794 women) locked up in Peru and conditions are described as 'harsh'. If a prisoner has money they can purchase luxuries such as cell phones, meals from outside and drugs. For a prisoner who is poor these small luxuries are not possible.
All prisons are considered overcrowded with poor sanitation, lack of nutrition with bad food and unsanitary kitchen conditions and epidemic levels of HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis. There is also unreliable running water, kitchen facilities and some prisoners having to sleep in hallways due to lack of space.
Prison guards and fellow inmates reportedly abused prisoners. There were deaths of inmates in prisons, most attributed to fellow inmates, but some were due to negligence by guards. Guards received little or no training or supervision. Corruption was a serious problem, and some guards cooperated with criminal bosses who oversaw the smuggling of guns and drugs into prisons.
It is not known where Joran Van Der Sloot may be jailed if he is found guilty and sentenced to prison time in Peru, but this is an overview of two maximum security prisons and the likely conditions found inside these prisons.
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lorena davis (not verified)at 14:34 on June 10th, 2010
Anita Van der Sloot deserves not one ounce of pity. The bully was notoriously disruptive in school. His parents allowed him to drink and visit casinos underaged. He lived in a private apartment attached to the house. Anita and the dad's permissiveness along with that of the Aruban culture unleashed this monster on the world. She is as guilty as he is of murdering the two girls and raping how many untold others. Lock her up, too along with all of the corrupt officials of Aruba!
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Bety Jo Collins (not verified)at 11:09 on June 12th, 2010
AMEN.
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noselfentitlement (not verified)at 06:28 on June 14th, 2010
Maybe now she can raise her other sons better. I'm sure after this if they were also spoiled rotten, they will understand what can happen to them if they follow the same course.
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nj_jennie (not verified)at 03:50 on June 25th, 2010
I agree, no pity for anita vandersloot. Both parents allowed him to do as he pleased, end result at least 2 girls are dead. The first one daddy got him out of, how nice ! With this latest victim I place her death not only on urine but anita vandersloot. I see blood on her hands as well. She didn't do her job as a parent. A child can not be allowed to do as they please. If urine had mental troubles and she knew it, why didn't she seek out help? Especially with money not being an issue. Now she says he's sick in the head and she was trying recently to get him help - how convenient. Too little too late. Shame on anita vandersloot. I can't believe someone on here wants me to feel sorry for her! Not a hell's chance. She should be a shining example of how not to parent. I think the father was even worse, he taught his son that in Aruba who you know means everything, you can kill and get away with it.
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Samama (not verified)at 17:15 on June 10th, 2010
Well, sorry to say, but maybe his mother had something to do with the way he turned out. Might be genetic, but who knows.
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sl (not verified)at 16:19 on June 29th, 2010
right... she encouraged him to murder - get a grip!
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duffman (not verified)at 21:46 on June 10th, 2010
And what about the young woman he murdered? What were they?
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jaded32 (not verified)at 07:42 on June 11th, 2010
Your just the kind hearted, naive little girl that people like him tend to kill. Good luck with that.
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earl6781 (not verified)at 13:14 on June 11th, 2010
Bleeding Heart Liberal
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Lady Blah Blah (not verified)at 15:37 on June 11th, 2010
The mother did not commit these crimes, the idiot son did. I hope the book is thrown at him. He is a spoiled, worthless piece of humanity who beats up and kills women. I have no merciful thoughts toward this scum at all. Murder is Murder......he deserves the worst. All murderers have mothers you know, this one is no exception!
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Vona (not verified)at 16:57 on June 11th, 2010
Do you not think that his mother was involved in his upbringing and in the decision his family made to protect him? Do you not think they knew what they were harboring in their midst? If she had been a good mother, she would never have let him go to this extreme. A loving mother of someone like Joran would have hoped that he could just go into a prison in a friendly country.
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J ALCOVE (not verified)at 18:05 on June 11th, 2010
His mothert should have thought about helping her son during the Holloway investigation. His mother NEVER ONCE thought about Natalies' mother and her grief. She is just as guilty of hiding facts as her sick son is. She chose her path. You sow what you reap and they both sowed ill gotten seeds.
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dawnsbg (not verified)at 05:47 on June 12th, 2010
are you kidding me!!!! those 2 girls were someone's daughter's!!!! Beth Hollaway was be put through 10 fold what his mother has with all the lies and never knowing where her daughter is. That "poor" women's husband and now her son got what they deserve. Karma is a bitch. Ps I do agree we should not wish death on him YET I hope and pray the torture him every day untill the LAST day of his sentence then kill him the exact way Stephanie did!
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Betty Jo Collins (not verified)at 11:00 on June 12th, 2010
Lori, you are right he is someones son, and so are the 2 and maybe more precious young ladies he has killed in cold blood. someones daughters. What about there parents they will never be able to tell them they love them visit them or hold them in there arms. Scumbags mother can still do all the above at least once or twice a month. So I think you are a very clod hearted bitch to be so narrow mined as to make such stuped comments. You make me sick. Yes I feel sad for her but my heart goes to the dead girls familes. Maybe you need to go to Peru and kiss his ass. Jack the Riper was someones son.
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dlee (not verified)at 05:57 on June 14th, 2010
how can you have any sympathy for Jorans Mother?? If this young man was raised properly he wouldn't be in this situation. she was sooooo blind to what her son really is and covered up his involvement in the Holloway case. My sympathies go to the Holloway family and the Flores family ONLY!! The Van der Sloot family is now getting what they deserve.
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noselfentitlement (not verified)at 06:40 on June 14th, 2010
Are you out of your mind. These people have been dealing with this monster since he was born and they created him with their lack of accountability and expectations. Instead of feeling ashamed they ran around smiling and waving for the cameras when he was released. They should have kept a low profile. Hasn't the Holloways been through enough? How about the people that Joran was sex trafficking? He goes around the world breaking the law. What type of people raise something like that. You know why his mother gets to hear public death wishes? Because they didn't train him in private and because he decided to act in a manner that brought public attention. He does not get a P-A-S-S. She will cope just like Natalie Holloway's parents. At least she will know where he is. Now she can also see what it feels like to have money extorted from her. She'll have to provide $$ to keep him safe.
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Kass (not verified)at 10:37 on June 14th, 2010
Poor Joran's mother??? What about the slayed girl's mother? Are you serious? This sick woman covered up for her son and her husband while they disposed of Holloways body, these people get what they deserve!!!!! He made his bed so now he can lie in it!!!!!! I have no pity for the Van Der Sloots! Obviously you don't have all the facts! Do your homework!!!
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twomonkeys (not verified)at 18:23 on June 8th, 2010
This guy hopefully will be put out of his misery within a few weeks. He won't last long.
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RoboCop (not verified)at 19:12 on June 8th, 2010
I think Joran is a Serial Killer, he hates women for some reason and 2 woman are missing in Columbia right now plus some of him trying to enslave and traffic young women in Thailand. Where else has he been? As a former casino worker I can tell you this....... he is drawn to gambling and if he was in any of the casino's they have him on film so there could be more coming for this creep. Yes, I too feel sorry for his mother but more for Beth & family plus the Flores family. Joran is still alive no matter his fate right now.
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Hillbilly (not verified)at 19:21 on June 8th, 2010
While mowing the yard this afternoon, I imagined Urine begging his mother to pay some inmates to kill him. He better make it snappy or someone might beat him to it!
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yoyo123 (not verified)at 20:14 on June 8th, 2010
I hope he gets raped in jail by a mass of inmates. Then gets tortured and butchered by all the inmates. Let him feel more pain and then some compared to the pain he inflicted on the two young women he killed. But, before he gets killed in prison, There should be some informants that should befriend Van Der Sloot only because this might make him actually tell the truth and spill the beans of wear Natalie's remains might actually be. I think that might be the only way he might tell the truth. The other route is get inmates to threaten him until he tells the truth regarding where Natalie's body is.
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J Smith (not verified)at 21:02 on June 8th, 2010
After seeing him smile everytime Natalie's name came up it would be best if his harsh treatment in prison took place over many months with every day getting a little worse.
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Betty Jo Collins (not verified)at 11:23 on June 12th, 2010
AMEN AMEN AMEN AMEN !!!!!!! I HOPE THEY KEEP HIM ALIVE AND USE HIM EVERYDAY FOR THERE HONEY LOL . PISS ON ARUBA.NEVER WILL GO THERE AGAIN AND I HOPE EVERY AMERICAN WILL BOYCOT IT FOREVER. LET ALL THE CRUSE SHIPS KNOW HOW WE FEEL ABOUT ARUBA, 70 % OF ALL PEOPLE THAT CRUISE ARE FROM THE USA. LETS SINK ARUBA FOLLOW AMERICANS
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ashey (not verified)at 21:31 on June 8th, 2010
Leave the guy alone - CANT YOU SEE HE HAS BEEN TORTURED TO MAKE THE CONFESSION???? It is obvious that he is just a good young boy that happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Sure, two members of the inferior sex are dead but they were probably hookers or something and deserved it - (told him it would cost $10 for sex including anal, then switched it to 30 or 40 bucks). Anyway, I don't want to sound sexist - I am all for equality, especially for men but OPEN YOUR EYES - Leave the poor guy alone!!!
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Teradye (not verified)at 12:32 on June 9th, 2010
you are an idiot in every aspect of your life.
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rivirivi (not verified)at 10:39 on June 10th, 2010
Did you take your sociopathy pills this morning? you sound just like another crazy unfeeling detached con man sociopath. Hope you do not kill or harm anyone because in your stupid head you think you are right and you are NOT.
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dgrimes (not verified)at 08:04 on June 11th, 2010
I can only assume you,re being sarcastic.
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anoymous (not verified)at 10:30 on June 11th, 2010
You are ignorant and need to get the facts straight miss ashley. Maybe read up on both investigations and how natalee and stephany were brutally taken from each family. And haow lots of girls have been traded for sex in thailand and who knows what else. Your an idiot and why don't you date this guy for a day would u go out with him? He is not innocent your stupid if u think he is
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vestal cook (not verified)at 11:34 on June 12th, 2010
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Kahlani (not verified)at 18:25 on June 14th, 2010
You have a lot to learn and a lot of growing up to do. I can't believe in this day and age you can actually say the 2 young women that were murdered "probably deserved it". You need to be in a cell right along with that scumbag, piss ass little punk kid piece of crap. Try reading the comments, you are the only one who wrote a piece of garbage like that. YOU ARE THE INFERIOR ONE. Do us all a favour and stay off the comment board, if your going to be such an idiot to say such stupid things. All the same adjectives that apply to him apply to you.