Mexico Vs United States Justice System

Mexico Vs United States Justice System

172,888 prisoners
495,821 police

Palacio de Lecumberri, Mexico City (defunct)
Penal del Altiplano, Almoloya de Juarez
Islas Marías Federal Prison, Marías Islands
La Mesa Prison, Tijuana
Penal del Altiplano is the maximum security federal prison (originally called the Penal de Máxima Seguridad No. 1 "Almoloya de Juárez", later renamed the Centro Federal de Readaptación Social No. 1 "La Palma", before assuming its present name) in Mexico. This facility, located in Almoloya de Juárez, in the State of Mexico, was built between 1988 and 1990 under President Carlos Salinas de Gortari and received its first inmates in November 1991.[1][2]
Of significant concern to Mexican authorities is the risk that the prison could be attacked from the outside as part of an organized prison break.[3] Therefore, the walls have been reinforced to as much as 1 meter in thickness to discourage ramming. Furthermore, the air space near the facility is restricted. Also, authorities claim that cell phone transmissions are limited within 10 km of the prison to stymie communications between the inmates and their colleagues outside. Armored personnel carriers are also based near the facility to protect it during a potential assault.
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Las Marías Archipelago, off Mexico’s Pacific coast, is home to a singular prison. Nearly 29,000 prisoners have passed through it during its hundred years in existence. At one point, over 5,000 inmates lived here with their families. This is one of the things that make it unique: its capacity. Counting employees, up to 10,000 people have lived here at a time. At the beginning of 2004, however, there were only 200 common and 779 federal prisoners. There’s room for many more....

Time Magazine
Calderon boasts his military offensive has netted more than 45,000 cartel operatives from smugglers to gun-toting hitmen to diamond-clad capos. But, now, where does he put them all? A few dozen of the top dogs have been...