The Government of Mexico City released another woman from the Santa Martha Acatitla prison as part of the agreement with the Federal Institute of the Public Defender’s Office.
Thanks to the legal accompaniment of the @defensoriaifdp, today the release of the 2nd inmate of the Santa Martha Acatitla Prison is achieved. We will continue to promote change so that judges are closer to the people and especially to the most vulnerable groups. pic.twitter.com/kxvaEFj2uN
— Supreme Court (@SCJN) August 3, 2022
“Derived from the collaboration agreement signed between the Judicial Power of the Federation and the Government of the CDMX, the Federal Institute of the Public Defender’s Office achieved today the release of the second inmate of the Santa Martha Acatitla Prison,” the statement reads.
According to the information provided, the woman was the sole support of her child under the age of three, who was in the care of his grandmother.
“Thanks to the legal accompaniment and advice of the institute’s defenders, today he returns home instead of having spent 2 years and 4 more months in prison.”
Thanks to the legal accompaniment of the @defensoriaifdp, today the release of the 2nd inmate of the Santa Martha Acatitla Prison is achieved. We will continue to promote change so that judges are closer to the people and especially to the most vulnerable groups. pic.twitter.com/kxvaEFj2uN
— Supreme Court (@SCJN) August 3, 2022
The second release comes after the president of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, Arturo Zaldívar, visited the prison and met with more than 200 inmates with whom he promised to review their cases.
In May 2022, when Zaldívar signed the agreement “For a Justice Close to the People”, he said that fabricated crimes, violations of due process, the failures of public prosecutors, police, prosecutors, judges and judges, is a panorama that reflects the drama of women in prison in Mexico.
In addition, the minister said that there is an abuse of informal pretrial detention and despite this, crime has not decreased.
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