translated from Spanish: “VIP cell”: surprise eviction reveals the luxurious life of prisoners in Hill II

Televisions, consoles, mobile phones and various drugs were at the some of the items that agents of gendarmerie found early this morning during the eviction surprise of the Colina II prison in Santiago, considered as one of the prisons “most dangerous in the country”.
According to the newspaper La Tercera said, agents had to relocate to 112 prisoners located in module 2 of the Centre to other agencies, when they found a large amount of banned items in their cells.
In total were seized 436 grams of cannabis sativa, 269 grams of pasta base, 82 grams of cocaine, 52 mobile phones, 44 telephone chips, three hard drives, an antenna 4G and 34 weapons.
To which are added amenities such as refrigerators with Prime cut meats, countertops, making exercise, floating floors or walls of ceramic machines.
In particular, the prisoners until this morning in module 2 of the criminal are serving sentence for serious crimes such as drug trafficking, murder, trafficking in weapons or illicit association.
In addition, gendarmerie indicated that many of them also maintained internal drug trafficking networks and coordinated in any way criminal activities abroad.
The relocation of prisoners came as part of a plan to rehabilitate the space occupied and turn it into a new Center to teach workshops of trades and skills, in order to improve their reintegration into society.
National director of gendarmerie, Christian Alveal, told the same newspaper as the “first responsibility” since the institution of what has happened, at the time that emphasized that they are already working to improve “internal management” of these centres.
Moreover, the Minister of the Interior, Andrés Chadwick, turned to the media during the celebration of the 92 year anniversary of police held this Saturday to condemn what happened, which he described as “unacceptable” and announce the launch of an inquiry to find a the “responsible” for the entry of these articles.
“We have moved all those people from those fields prison elsewhere so that they not only do not enjoy their privileges, but also breaks the ability to follow linked to criminal organizations to which they belong,” said Chadwick.

Original source in Spanish