CARACAS (Reuters) - The arrival of coronavirus in Venezuela is fuelling concerns the disease could spread like a fast-moving fire through the country's notoriously overcrowded and unsanitary prisons.
Venezuela's inmate population swelled during a decade-long surge in crime, overwhelming prisons and leading many police stations to convert temporary holding cells into ersatz jails where the accused can spend months or years awaiting trial.
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