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Police controlled riot in the El Inca prison, in the north of Quito

This Monday incidents were recorded in this detention center.

On the morning of this Monday, October 25, incidents at the No. 1 Center for Provisional Deprivation of Liberty, known as El Inca prison. Agents of the National Police They went to the scene to control the situation in the face of an alleged riot.

A video was broadcast on social networks in which they are heard cries of people deprived of liberty In one of the pavilions, you can also see several prison officers and guides trying to enter the place.

According to information from the National Service of Comprehensive Attention to Adults Deprived of Liberty and Adolescent Offenders of Ecuador (SNAI), the center located in the north of the capital it is already controlled by a contingent of the National Police.

With the prisoners in the courtyards, the policemen carried out a search in cells, finding nine knives, high-end cell phones, chargers and more prohibited objects in this deprivation of liberty center.

They also seized Eight handmade pipes for drug consumption, pliers, scissors and an electric cooker.

Prison crisis

This weekend, seven hanged prisoners were found in the Litoral Penitentiary. Given this, the president Guillermo Lasso declared a state of exception in the prison system of all the Ecuadorian territory.

The time of this decree is 60 days and is valid from September 30 of 2021. (I)

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