The Garcia Moreno Prison
According to the CIA's records from 1989, the Garcia Moreno Prison "which was built in 1875 to house 300 [inmates] and subsequently remodeled to hold 640, held 1,800 prisoners who were forced to share twenty toilets. . . ." Notoriously underpaid, guards reportedly beat prisoners for disciplinary reasons and could be easily "bribed by prisoners who wanted to avoid punishment, receive improved living conditions, secure visits, and obtain drugs."

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