Mexico, Guatemala and Chile launch prison reforms and rehabilitation programs

Mexico's Secretariat of Security and Protection Citizen (SSPC) opened the first female‑focused CERESAS program in San Luis Potosí, offering voluntary addiction treatment, psychological support and reintegration tools for women incarcerated at the State Social Reintegration Center.

In Chihuahua, the state justice department (FICOSEC) approved a 13.2 million MXN investment for the "Romper el ciclo" initiative, delivering specialized psychotherapy to people charged with family‑violence offenses across four municipalities, aiming to reduce recidivism and improve mental health.

Guatemala's Social Welfare Secretariat (SBS) began transferring youth detainees from the overcrowded Las Gaviotas center to the Juvenile Detention Facility (CEJUDEP) in San José Pinula, with plans to close the former facility and repurpose it for administrative use.

The Guatemalan Foundation for Development (Fundesa) held a forum highlighting chronic understaffing and security challenges in the national prison system, proposing better intelligence sharing and technological monitoring.

Chile's Ministry of Justice and Human Rights coordinated an inter‑sectoral table in Concepción to secure health care, dignified accommodation, and early‑parenting support for pregnant and lactating women prisoners.

These initiatives reflect a regional push to improve correctional conditions, address addiction and violence, and modernize penitentiary management.