Guerrero Correctional Institution

Location	Carr. #2 Int. 466 Bo. Guerrero Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
Status	open
Security class	minimum, medium
Capacity	944
Opened	1986
Managed by	Puerto Rico Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

The Guerrero Correctional Institution ( Institucion Correccional Guerrero ) is a prison for men located in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico , owned and operated by the Puerto Rico Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation . With a stated capacity of 944 inmates, it's among the three largest prisons in the territory. ^[1]

The facility was first opened in 1986 as a Community Therapy mental health unit ( Comunidad Terapeutica de Guerrero ) of the Puerto Rico Department of Health . It became a correctional facility in March 1997. As of 2008 about a third of its inmates were pre-trial detainees, and the others were serving longer sentences at minimum security. ^[2]

From 2002 to 2008, some 53 Guerrero inmates died inside the institution, all but one of them pre-trial detainees, and 73% of them within their first week behind bars, most of them homeless. An extensive report by the ACLU of Puerto Rico blamed the abuse of a horse tranquilizer, Xylazine , among inmates, and lack of appropriate medical attention and lack of accountability among prison officials. ^[3]

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• ACLU Puerto Rico report in its entirety (Spanish language)
• executive summary of report (English language)

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