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Report on Cuban prisons/ Dozens of prisoners in forced labor for export goods

2025-09-15 20:30:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

Report on Cuban prisons/ Dozens of prisoners in forced labor for export goods

In Cuban prisons, tens of thousands of prisoners are allegedly subjected to forced labor for the production of consumer goods intended not only for the domestic economy but also for export, particularly to Europe.

This is what the NGO 'Defenders of Prisoners' reveals, in a detailed and damning report published this Monday, September 15, based on official Cuban documents verified by the Institute for Crime and Justice Policy Research at Birkbeck University in London, field investigations and testimonies from prisoners and former prisoners.

Of the 90,000 prisoners and 37,458 serving open prison sentences identified on the island, the report estimates that 60,000 prisoners are subjected to forced labor in Cuba, in conditions bordering on slavery.

Among them are many common law prisoners, as well as political prisoners. The Prison System: Forced Labor Factories The report provides a detailed overview of a large-scale forced labor system, organized within a network of 242 punitive facilities, including traditional prisons, but also so-called "correctional centers", "camps" and "farms".

The tasks assigned to prisoners vary, from agricultural, industrial and construction work, to garbage collection and cleaning streets, hospitals or police stations. /CNA





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