Six guards of the System of Prisons (SP) have been reprimanded by the institution authorities for allegedly allowing an inmate to hold a celebration for which his transfer to receive medical treatment was stopped.
Last Tuesday, June 11, Interior Minister Francisco Jimenez announced that two complaints had been filed against SP agents.
🚨urgent🚨
We submitted 2 complaints to MP today against *108 prison guards*.
For his involvement in cases:
– “Hell” (102 report)
– “The Birthday Prisoner” (6 reports)These are prisons, not vacations!#prison system pic.twitter.com/57rBGZmrad
— Francisco Jimenez (@FJimenezmingob) June 12, 2024
An internal investigation confirmed it They collaborated with an inmate for a birthday celebration. A part of the scene was recorded on video and is going viral on social media.
The SP assured that the guards who allowed the inmate to meet his girlfriend would be suspended
The prisoner was allowed to leave
On the orders of the Directorate General of Prisons (DGSP) judge, the prisoner was allowed to leave and was shifted to the Medical Hospital, Medical Laboratory and Diagnostic Center on May 31.
However, the six guards who accompanied him were stopped along the way, which was neither planned nor sanctioned.
The prisoner was allowed to celebrate his partner's birthday. He brought balloons as seen in the viral video.
As the SP constables failed to comply with the security norms, the Home Ministry officials registered the above complaint. Further, disciplinary action was also announced to the inmates.
A complaint filed with the Ministry of Public Affairs (MP) seeks an investigation into the possible commission of crimes:
- Abuse of power.
- Breach of duty.
- disobedience
- usurpation of powers.
🚨urgent🚨
We submitted 2 complaints to MP today against *108 prison guards*.
For his involvement in cases:
– “Hell” (102 report)
– “The Birthday Prisoner” (6 reports)These are prisons, not vacations!#prison system pic.twitter.com/57rBGZmrad
— Francisco Jimenez (@FJimenezmingob) June 12, 2024
And the guards said
Apart from the complaint against the six constables who accompanied the prisoner, there is another complaint against the security agents of 102 SP.
It seeks to investigate whether guards at El Infernito, a Canadian maximum security prison located in Esquintla, engaged in illegal activities.
After an operation in the aforementioned prison, various dens and illegal items were discovered, which is why the general director of the SP, Sergio Vela, pointed out that “we are not going to tolerate illegal actions or violations of obligations.”
“Through these complaints, we reaffirm that in the current General Directorate of the Prison System, we will no longer tolerate illegal actions or non-compliance by our staff” – Sergio Vela, General Director of the SP. pic.twitter.com/1XWTasq6ZN
— Guatemala Penitentiary System (@_SPGuatemala) June 12, 2024
