Work Starts on "The New Jewel" Prison Complex
(Panama-Guide) - Dia a Dia - Another step forward. Yesterday there was a ceremony to mark the start of the construction of a new Prison Complex that will be known as "La Nueva Joya" (The New Jewel.) In 36 months, more than 5,500 prisoners will be moving into the new facilities, according to Public Security Minister, Jose Raul Mulino, which will be a decent and comfortable structure and not "sheds to store people" as we have now. After the Cabinet Council approved the signing of the contract for this project on 9 June 2010, the Colombian company UM Panamá was chosen to build the new facility.
