Palmasola

Venezuela

Centro de Rehabilitación Santa Cruz "Palmasola" is a maximum security prison located in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. It serves as the largest correctional facility in the country and currently houses approximately 8,600 prisoners.

The facility is frequently characterized as a "prison town" because guards maintain minimal control over internal activities, focusing primarily on securing the perimeter. Within the prison, various businesses operate to supply drugs and weapons, and inmates have established an organization known as Disciplina Interna to oversee certain internal affairs.

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