Canaleta prison is a top-security
Cuba
Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the ...
n prison located in the south side of
Ciego de Avila
Ciego is a Spanish word meaning "blind". It may refer to:
Places
*Ciego de Ávila, a Cuban city, seat of the homonym province
*Ciego de Ávila Province, a Cuban province
*Arriete-Ciego Montero, a Cuban village in Cienfuegos Province
Other
*Ci ...
city. It houses more than 3000 inmates and is the main jail of the
province of Ciego de Avila.
History
Four wooden barracks were originally built in 1965, but with the increase of the population under
Communist rule, the
Castro government was forced to build a modern installation that contained a four-floor wing, a three-floor wing, and a single floor building which operates as a cafeteria.
International Press Freedom Award laureate
Jesús Joel Díaz Hernández
Jesús Joel Díaz Hernández is a Cuban journalist who was imprisoned by the Cuban government from 1999–2001. His imprisonment attracted protest from several human rights organizations, including Amnesty International, which named him a prison ...
was imprisoned in Canaleta from 1999 to 2001 on charges of "social dangerousness" related to his reporting.
References
Prisons in Cuba
Buildings and structures in Ciego de Ávila
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