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.

In this Feb. 27, 2015 photo, elderly inmates stand in line for their breakfast against a wall decorated with religious icons and art work created by the inmates at Lurigancho men’s prison in Lima, ...

LIMA, Peru (AP) — In one of his first acts as interim president of Peru, José Jerí on Saturday led a series of raids on prisons holding gang leaders nationwide, the presidency said, a day after the ...