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Viewing cable 10TEGUCIGALPA41, MODERNIZATION OF HONDURAN PRISONS CONTINUES POST-COUP

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10TEGUCIGALPA41 2010-01-15 14:00 2011-08-26 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Tegucigalpa
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DE RUEHTG #0041/01 0151400
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 151400Z JAN 10
FM AMEMBASSY TEGUCIGALPA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 1477
INFO RUEHZA/WHA CENTRAL AMERICAN COLLECTIVE
RUEHME/AMEMBASSY MEXICO 0001
UNCLAS TEGUCIGALPA 000041 
 
FOR INL/LP MAYRA AHERN 
USAID for Donnie Harrington 
 
SIPDIS 
SENSITIVE 
 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: SNAR KCRM KJUS EAID PREL HO
SUBJECT: MODERNIZATION OF HONDURAN PRISONS CONTINUES POST-COUP 
 
1. (U) Summary: Under the de facto regime which came to power 
following the June 28, 2009 coup d'etat, implementation of the 
Ministry of Security's pre-coup prisons reform plan, while delayed, 
has continued.  GOH-funded construction of an administrative 
segregation annex nicknamed "The Maquila" at the national prison in 
Tamara is almost complete.  The Maquila will be Honduras's first 
maximum security facility.  Plans are near completion for the next 
major construction phase, an EU-funded, 368-bed minimum security 
annex to support rehabilitative and educational programs, also at 
Tamara.  These new facilities are significant steps forward in the 
modernization of the Honduran corrections facilities, which will 
enable the GOH to employ much-needed controls and management 
reforms.  These changes in turn will hinder the ability of the most 
violent and disruptive offenders to run their criminal enterprises 
from prison, and reduce violence both within the prisons and in the 
community.  Transfer of the system's highest-risk offenders into the 
Maquila will also be an opportunity to gain vital information on the 
structure and operations of the transnational gang leadership in 
Honduras, if carried out properly.  End summary. 
 
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Background 
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2. (U) At present, the Honduran prisons system is overcrowded, 
outmoded and poorly managed.  Most facilities were designed and 
built before Honduras experienced an explosion in violent crime in 
the first decade of the 21st century, and following the 
incarceration of hundreds of suspected and convicted gang leaders in 
the anti-crime "Mano Dura" operations of 2004-2005, organized crime 
leaders have effectively taken control of many prisons.  Prisoners 
are housed 20 to 60 per cell, with little distinction made between 
violent and nonviolent offenders.  While suspected members of MS 13 
and 18th Street gangs are kept in separate facilities, conditions in 
these segregated units provide no means for control by prisons 
authorities, and the gangs have virtually total control of their 
environment, often managing their criminal operations from within 
the prisons and exercising authority over the general prison 
population.  Guards are poorly trained, shifts are understaffed and 
prisoners are able to carry out threats against them and their 
families, effectively undermining control by prisons authorities 
over the offenders. 
 
3. (U) In 2008, President Zelaya's Minister of Security COL Jorge 
Rodas Gamero developed a plan to build modern facilities that would 
enable the GOH to regain control over the prisons, implement modern 
corrections management principles and reduce the level of violence 
in the system by segregating out the highest-risk offenders (Note: 
Rodas has a post-graduate degree in corrections.  Rodas was one of a 
small number of Zelaya administration officials to stay on following 
the coup.  End note).  Implementation of the plan was made possible 
by reforms to the corrections laws in 2007-2008 which allowed for 
identification of offenders' profiles and required separation of the 
condemned from the accused.  In November 2008, a new 400-bed 
medium-security facility was opened in Juticalpa, replacing the 
1950s-era 90-bed facility that housed over 200 inmates. 
 
4. (U) Following an INL-funded visit by Rodas and the National 
Director of the Honduran National Police corrections directorate 
Alan Najera to state corrections facilities in Colorado and New 
Mexico in December 2008, Rodas revised the reform plan to 
accommodate a modern prisoner classification system, which is based 
on a risk-management approach to placing offenders in various 
degrees of supervision and control to reduce violence and improve 
management within prison populations. 
 
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The Maquila 
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5. (SBU) In December 2008, President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya 
approved USD 1 million in GOH funds to construct a 200-bed, 
high-security administrative segregation wing at the national prison 
in Tamara.  The project would convert a former prison workshop 
facility ("maquila" in Spanish) into Honduras's first modern, 
high-security facility.  Construction began in early 2009 under 
contract with the architect who designed the facility in 
consultation with Rodas and INL corrections advisors.  The facility 
will house two prisoners per cell, and is designed to increase the 
ability of corrections guards to monitor inmates at all times, while 
minimizing the opportunities for inmates to move within the facility 
or communicate between cells.  The facility will have food 
preparation and infirmary facilities on-site, thereby reducing the 
need to transport offenders to other zones of the prison complex. 
Construction of the Maquila is over 80_percent complete, and is 
expected to be finished by June.  This is a nine-month delay from 
the original target completion date of September 2009, and the 
project budget is now USD 1.4 million.  Details of the construction 
project will be reported septel. 
 
6. (U) But construction alone will not solve the problems in the 
Honduran corrections system.  In fact, the current Tamara men's 
facility was built according to a modern design, but lack of 
procedures and controls undermined the ability of corrections 
authorities to manage the prisoner population.  In that respect, the 
nine-month delay in the Maquila construction project may turn out to 
be serendipitous, as it will allow time for the INL-funded training 
and equipment activities to provide the support needed to make the 
facility an effective step forward in managing the prisoner 
population.  USG assistance activities were suspended in response to 
the June 2009 coup, and therefore did not keep pace with the 
original development plans.  But with the anticipated resumption of 
security sector assistance following the inauguration of the 
democratically-elected Lobo administration on January 27, Post will 
resume support for the GOH efforts to properly train and equip the 
corrections personnel who will manage the new facility in time for 
its opening. 
 
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Minimum Security Rehabilitation Facility 
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7. (U) If the Maquila will serve as the corrections system's new 
"stick" for the most violent offenders, a planned new 400-bed 
minimum security facility at Tamara will be the "carrot."  Design 
plans for the facility are almost complete, following review by the 
INL Regional Corrections Advisor.  The facility will provide 
low-cost additional housing for the overcrowded system, but equally 
as important, will facilitate the implementation of both the modern 
classification system and programs for rehabilitation and training 
of nonviolent offenders.  The project budget of approximately USD 
one million is being funded by the European Union, following 
coordination efforts between the GOH, U.S. Embassy INL personnel and 
EU Mission personnel in late 2008.  The facility will include 
workshops for technical skills training and prisons industries 
programs that will give inmates job skills to carry with them after 
they complete their sentences. 
 
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The Potential Impact on Citizen Security 
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8. (U) Upon completion of the two facilities, corrections 
authorities will be able to impose consequences for violent conduct, 
as well as offer incentives for good behavior.  At present, many 
otherwise nonviolent offenders are incarcerated in an environment 
where the most dangerous inmates control the general population, 
forcing many to align with the gangs or become more violent for 
their own survival.  By removing the most dangerous offenders from 
the general population and imposing consequences for misconduct, 
corrections authorities can transform the prisons from "gang 
universities" into safer, rehabilitative centers. 
 
9. (SBU) Furthermore, the process of removing the most dangerous 
offenders, who are often the leaders of expansive and dangerous 
criminal organizations, from the general prison population will 
temporarily disrupt the gang hierarchies.  As a result of this 
disruption, there will be a period of opportunity to gain vital 
information on the structure and operations of these gang networks 
even beyond the prison walls into the general community.  If 
Honduran and U.S. law enforcement units are prepared and equipped to 
collect and analyze this information, they can take significant 
steps toward combating the transnational gangs in Honduras. 
 
10. (SBU) Comment: We plan to make the most of the opportunity 
presented by the opening of the Maquila.  Proper training and 
equipping of prisons staff will make the new facility an effective 
tool in Honduran corrections.  Gathering and utilizing the 
information about crime organizations in Honduras that will come 
from the transfer process will provide significant gains in the 
fight against this transnational security threat.  In order for 
these successes to take place, we plan to engage the incoming 
administration early, train and equip prisons staff in time and be 
ready to assist in collecting information when the window of 
opportunity is open.  End comment. 
 
LLORENS