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John Otis

All the prison's presidents: Peru's special jail for ex-leaders is all full up

Keiko Fujimori, daughter of former President Alberto Fujimori, waits at the Barbadillo prison in Lima, Peru, on March 30, 2022. (Bloomberg via Getty Images)

LIMA, Peru — So many former presidents in Peru have run afoul with the law that the country has set up a special penitentiary for them — and it's full.

The Barbadillo prison is located on the grounds of a police academy in a working-class neighborhood on the outskirts of Lima. Due to violence and overcrowding at Peru's standard prisons, part of the police compound has been converted into a kind of VIP jail with three custom-built cells that are more like small apartment units.

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