Protestant evangelists. and ordinary farmers were recently jailed in the Nueva Guinea area in January 1986. An additional 150 persons were arrested in Matagalpa and about 200 in Juigalpa. ExSandinista officials report widespread corruption within the Penal Directorate. Corrupt practices include renting prisoners out to labor for the profit of the prison staff. selling for profit products produced by prisoners. coercing sexual favors from wives of inmates. and appropriating packages sent by the Red Cross and religious organizations. TORTURE According to Nicaraguan refugees. the Sandinistas torture and murder prisoners. The secret police interrogate prisoners with the assistance of Cuban advisers. who routinely participate in the physical abuse. Besides physical torture.
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