Santa Mónica Prison

The Chorrillos Women's Penitentiary Annex (Spanish: Establecimiento Penitenciario Anexo Mujeres de Chorrillos), formerly known as Santa Mónica Prison (Spanish: Penal Santa Mónica),^[1] is a high-security women's prison in Chorrillos, Lima, Peru.

Santa Mónica Prison
Penal Santa Mónica
General information
Location	Chorrillos, Lima, Peru
Inaugurated	5 April 1992
Owner	National Penitentiary Institute

History

The building started operating on April 5, 1992, receiving female inmates from Cantogrande Prison [es] that had been imprisoned on terrorism charges during the armed conflict. At the time of its opening, it was operated by the National Police.

In 1997, the prison was intervened by the National Penitentiary Institute (INPE) through Supreme Decree No. 005-96, which also reorganised the inmates' classification.^[2] A resolution published on July 17, 2006, transferred control of the prison to INPE.

Despite the prison's capacity for 450 inmates, it suffered from overcrowding.^[3] It had a total of 1038 inmates in 2012, of which 175 were moved to Virgen de Fátima Prison on March 9 to prevent overcrowding.^[4]

Notable inmates

• Keiko Fujimori, presidential candidate in the 2011 and 2016 elections^[5]
• Nadine Heredia, First Lady of Peru from 2011 to 2016
• Susana Villarán, former mayor of Lima
• Betssy Chávez, former Prime Minister of Peru
• Yenifer Paredes, sister-in-law of former president Pedro Castillo
• Magaly Medina, TV presenter
• Blanca Nélida Colán [es], Attorney General of Peru^[6]
• Ingrid Schwend, daughter of SS member Friedrich Schwend who was convicted for the murder of a Spaniard^[7]

See also

• National Penitentiary Institute (Peru)
• San Jorge Prison

References

1. "Penal Santa Mónica: internas temen contagiarse de COVID-19". TV Perú. 2020-05-11.
2. Constant, Chloé (2011-08-01). "Relaciones entre internas y guardias en el penal de mujeres de Lima: análisis de las desigualdades de trato". Bulletin de l'Institut français d'études andines. 40 (2): 411–418. doi:10.4000/bifea.1550. ISSN 0303-7495.
3. "Sobrepoblación en Penal Santa Mónica". Congreso de la República.
4. "INPE trasladó 175 internas de penal ex Santa Mónica por hacinamiento". RPP Noticias. 2012-03-10.
5. "Keiko Fujimori recupera libertad en plena pandemia y sin juicio a la vista". EFE. 2020-05-05. Archived from the original on 2020-05-08.
6. "Blanca Nélida Colán pide perdón al abandonar penal de Chorrillos". Panamericana Televisión. 2008-01-08.
7. "El asesinato del conde Sartorius". Historias detrás de la Muerte. Episode 8. 2020-04-07. Latina Televisión.

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