2024-03-16 17:58:05
From the institution they recognized that the situation inside the prisons became “unsustainable” and they have been exposed to a series of dangerous events.
The Metropolitan Directorate of Gendarmerie requested the transfer of 44 prisoners of the Penitentiary and Santiago Uno for “mental insanity.”
To this end, it presented an appeal for protection in favor of those involved and thus placed them in charge of the Ministry of Health.
According to Interference, lawyer Sebastián Ramírez Montalva asked the Court of Appeals to The 44 prisoners serve their sentences in Minsal facilities that have specialists.
The representative of the Gendarmerie specified that the situation of those convicted with mental disorders, “in a penitentiary context, It is a risk to their physical integrity and subsequently puts the prison population, as well as officials, at risk.”
“Not to mention that in addition to not having a specialized infrastructure, the Chilean Gendarmerie service personnel are not trained to guard, contain or treat those people (…),” said lawyer Ramírez Montalva.
Along with this, he questioned “the unfounded insistence of the basic courts on criminal matters, exposing them to a situation of present and probable danger (…) and forcing the Gendarmerie to exceed their functions” and even risk “possible administrative responsibilities.”
From the institution they recognized that the situation inside the prisons became “unsustainable” and they have been exposed to a series of dangerous events.