Cut off by coronavirus: Hondurans in packed prison suffer mental toll

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The worst part of the day for Yerbin Estrada is when the sun sets and the hundreds of inmates at a Honduran prison must file back into their cramped cells

Estrada exercises with a makeshift weight in the prison's courtyard.

Behind the bars, the ultimate law is that which reigns in Central America, a mantra sprayed onto walls in gang-controlled neighborhoods: ver, oír, y callar. See, hear, and shut up.20 Feb 2020Gerson Ramos, 24, waits for prison guards to fill out some paperwork before being released. But as the coronavirus took hold in Honduras, authorities banned visits. And with prohibitively expensive rates for calls from the prison's three working phones, inmates are now all but cut off from the outside world.An inmate, who said he was having respiratory issues, is checked by medical practitioner Blenda Paredes inside the prison."Taking away visits is the worst thing that can happen.

Built in 1937, La Esperanza's imposing colonial-style blue and yellow structure sits across from the town's main square, where young lovers steal furtive kisses on park benches. "It's complicated to breathe, but summer is true hell and you can feel everyone's bodies," said Erlin Mendez, 27, who shares his 38-inch wide space with another inmate, who he says is in for murder after an alcohol-fueled machete fight.Catalino Rodriguez, 50, and Santos Primitivo, 23, lie in their sleeping quarters inside an over-crowded cell that they share with several other inmates.

 

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