Penitentiary

Honduras's judiciary launched a review of 1,811 case files at Morocelí Prison in El Paraíso to verify inmates' legal status and identify pending sentence reductions or other penitentiary benefits.

The penitentiary authority reported that Marco Antonio Bográn Corrales was not released immediately after a court ruling because he faces another pending criminal case, so he remains in custody.

Congress and the National Penitentiary Institute met to discuss and approve reforms to strengthen security in Honduras's prisons, including special controls on communications and maximum-security transfers for members of organizations designated as terrorist groups.

Criminal investigations unit ATIC conducted nine raids across multiple departments on August 31 targeting an extortion ring allegedly run by an inmate at the National Penitentiary of Támara, who used another person's bank account for over 51 million lempiras (about $2 million) in suspicious transfers.