Palmasola

Palmasola is a "prison town" in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. It holds about 3000 prisoners. While the perimeter is guarded to keep prisoners from exiting, the guards exercise minimal control over the activities prisoners conduct within the walls. Prisoners of Palmasola have created an organization called the Disciplina to oversee some affairs. Children as well as adults are held there.

Trivia

• The TV show Prison Break features a prison called Sona that like Palmasola, is run by the prisoners.

See also

• San Pedro prison, also in Bolivia

Sources

• Gutsch, Jochen-Martin, "Im Labyrinth der Unordnung" Der Spiegel 5 December 2005, pp. 144–50.
• Bolivia's Prison Children, BBC News (electronic source) 16 November 2005.