Relatives of inmates wait to enter the National Prison in Comayagua, Honduras, on Feb. 16, while medics and experts worked to identify the charred remains of 355 inmates killed when a fire swept through the overcrowded prison.
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Inmates burn mattresses during a riot at La Nueva Esperanza prison in Esteli, Nicaragua, on Feb. 24.
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Women wait while Honduran authorities work to identify the charred remains of their relatives, who were among the more than 350 inmates killed in the Feb. 15 Comayagua prison fire.
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Inmates stand on the roof of a prison as others try to put out another Honduran jail fire, this time in San Pedro Sula, on March 29. At least 13 people were killed in the fire – less than two months after the Comayagua prison blaze that killed more than 350.
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Hondurans line up outside the prison to visit their relatives in Comayagua, Honduras, on Feb. 18 — just three days after a blaze killed over 350 inmates.
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A disabled inmate sits in a jail cell in San Pedro Sula, a city where an estimated 20 people die every day, making it known as the world's crime capital.
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A woman reacts after she learns her husband has not been identified yet among the hundreds of inmates killed in Honduras' Comayagua prison fire in February.
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Members of the Mara Salvatrucha gang attend a mass held at El Salvador's Ciudad Barrios jail on March 26. Prisons in Central American countries such as El Salvador are considered schools for crime where small-time local offenders can become hardened criminals in contact with international cartels.
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Relatives of inmates of Venezuela's El Rodeo I penitentiary search on the list of inmates who were transferred to other prisons on the outskirts of the capital of Caracas, June 21, 2011. The inmates had to be moved while National Guard troops fought to take control of El Rodeo prison in clashes that killed more than two dozen people.
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Relatives of inmates of Venezuela's El Rodeo prison weep outside the jailhouse in Guatire, in the outskirts of the Venezuelan capital of Caracas, June 17, 2011. The jailhouse, one of Venezuela's most violent, had been the scene of a bloody battle as police fought to take back control of the prison from rebelling criminals.
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Relatives of inmates flee from Venezuela's National Guard troops and vehicles outside El Rodeo prison, June 17, 2011.
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