Overview
- Authorities executed the transfer on January 12 under an operation supervised by President José Jerí Oré and Justice Minister Walter Martínez.
- The inmates were moved from Lima (20), Trujillo (13), Piura (10), Chiclayo (10) and Cajamarca (2) after security assessments linked them to high-impact crimes.
- The group entered an extreme regime that limits yard time to one hour daily, restricts visits to biweekly glassed locutorios, and places them in cells without electrical connections or furniture.
- Officials say the action targets criminal leaders to prevent extortion and other offenses ordered from prisons, with selections drawn from facilities where indiscipline was detected.
- INPE reported 2,793 inmate transfers in 2025, including 707 for strict security reasons, underscoring an ongoing strategy to tighten penitentiary control.