“All movements occurred on an emergency and temporary basis”, says the secretariat. “When the situation normalizes, everyone will return to the unit of origin”, the folder continued in a note.
Even though it is islanded, Charqueadas penitentiaries operate normally, says Secom. The secretariat also informed that the Charqueadas State Modulated Penitentiary (PMEC), the Charqueadas Penal Institute (IPCH), the Charqueadas II State Penitentiary (PEC II) and the Montenegro State Modulated Penitentiary “are isolated, but operating within normality “.
In other regions of Rio Grande do Sul, prison units in Vale do Rio Pardo are without water supply and only operate with a reservoir. Penitentiaries in Vale do Taquari were supplied by water trucks, according to the secretariat.
Another unit affected was the Arroio do Meio State Prison. Unit is isolated due to collapsed bridges and blockage of the local road, according to Secom.
Ministry of Justice requested information on the situation in prisons. The National Council for Criminal and Penitentiary Policy, of the Ministry of Justice and Public Security, sent letters to the state government to demand information about the state actions being adopted in the affected prison units.
The documents were forwarded to authorities in RS. The request for explanations was sent to the governor of Rio Grande do Sul, Eduardo Leite (PSDB), the superintendent of the state’s Penitentiary Services, Mateus Schwartz dos Anjos, and the secretary of Penal and Socio-Educational Systems, Luiz Henrique Viana.
