Talk:San Pedro prison

Selling Cocaine
Could someone explain how the inmates are allowed to produce and sell cocaine? I know that small, unrefined amounts are legal in Bolivia due to the natives' cultural heritage, but it is tremendously unclear whether this is the phenomenon to which the article is referring. 199.172.246.196 16:53, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Question
So how did this unique culture come into existence? The usual idea behind prisons is to gather criminals (either civil or political) into a few locations and punish them. This usually takes the form of confining the prisoners to a minimal space & minimize all of their normal rights as a form of punishment (e.g., unmonitored communication with the outside world, privacy, etc.) In some countries, physical mistreatment is intentionally included as part of the prison experience. It is very unusual to find a prison where the inmates (okay, at least some) have so many liberties. -- llywrch 18:05, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Huge amounts of information missing
I've put POV and advertising banners on the page to alert editors to the fact that important information is missing, particularly concerning the history of the prison, its official status (is it an actual state prison that is still being used for new inmates, or is it a prison that has been taken over by inmates by force?), and the position of the Bolivian government on the trafficking etc. A discussion of human rights issues would probably be warranted as well - surely Amnesty has something to say about all this? Spamsara 19:48, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
 * An advertising template? Do you honestly think this article is encouraging readers the idea that they should take their next vacation at Bolivia's San Pedro prison? I've stated above that this article needs improvements, but I think you've gone more t han a little overboard about bringing this issue to everyone's attention. -- llywrch 05:22, 7 July 2007 (UTC)


 * I am a student who is working on this page for a class project I hope to add more information as I complete more research. --Morganw4 8 Dec 2013 Morganw4 (talk) 17:04, 8 December 2013 (UTC)

Recent Changes
The gov't has recently changed the govenor of the prison. This was after the gov't tried for weeks to deny the existance of tours, drug dealing or drug manufacturing. Are things different now??

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