August 8, 2024

Malnutrition and tuberculosis, the main causes of death in Venezuelan prisons

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The NGO Venezuelan Observatory of Prisons (OVP) reported this Wednesday that out of 292 inmates who died in 2020, 184 were for health reasons.
The main causes were tuberculosis aggravated by the strong overcrowding of Venezuelan prisons together with malnutrition, which is aggravated by the covid-19 pandemic. By OnVenezuela

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