Peru is one of the countries with an overcrowding of nationwide prisons, a fact that aggravates the overcrowding of prisoners, who have to seek meet their basic needs in the midst of this environment.

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LIMA, Peru — Peru, battling a wave of violent crime, said Wednesday it would build a prison for its most dangerous offenders on an island facing the capital Lima. It would be erected on the same spot ...

Peru has once again been shaken by a corruption scandal involving one of its former presidents. Alejandro Toledo, who led the country from 2001 to 2006, has been sentenced to prison for the second ...