Prisoners reach out from their cell for bread at lunchtime at the Juan de la Vega prison in Emboscada, Paraguay, Friday, July 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
A urinal is located along an observation walkway for security guards at the Tacumbu prison in Asuncion, Paraguay, Sunday, July 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
A prisoner gives a free stretching session to a volunteer during events on visiting day at the Regional Penitentiary in Villarica, Paraguay, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Prisoners share beds at the Regional Penitentiary in Coronel Oviedo, Paraguay, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
A prisoner cooks a vegetable, cheese and bean stew to serve at the Tacumbu prison in Asuncion, Paraguay, Sunday, July 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Prisoners smoke crack inside the Tacumbu prison in Asuncion, Paraguay, Sunday, July 8, 2024. Drugs are not allowed but some manage to smuggle them into the jail. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
An inmate uses a phone as another gives the number to dial at a pay-by-the-minute phone booth set up and run by prisoners at the Regional Penitentiary in Villarica, Paraguay, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. Most inmates' calls get paid for by their families when they come to visit in person. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Prisoners eat a jail-provided soup known as "vori vori" at the Tacumbu prison in Asuncion, Paraguay, Sunday, July 8, 2024. The soup, made of chicken or beef, vegetables, and corn balls stuffed with cheese, is considered the food of the poorest inmates, and those who can afford to buy other food don't eat it. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Inmates use a pay-by-the-minute phone booth set up and run by prisoners at the Regional Penitentiary in Villarica, Paraguay, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024. Most inmates' calls get paid for by their families when they come to visit in person. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
A prisoner divides up jail-provided soup known as "vori vori" at the Tacumbu prison in Asuncion, Paraguay, Wednesday, July 10, 2024. The soup, made of chicken or beef, vegetables, and corn balls stuffed with cheese, is considered the food of the poorest inmates, and those who can afford it prefer to buy other food. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Prisoners keep warm with blankets in the courtyard of the Tacumbu prison in Asuncion, Paraguay, Monday, July 9, 2024. Prisoners are allowed to be outside of their cellblocks until 4pm. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Prisoners eat dinner in their cell at the Juan de la Vega prison in Emboscada, Paraguay, Friday, July 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
A prisoner rests in an external corridor of the Tacumbu prison in Asuncion, Paraguay, Sunday, July 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
A prisoner hangs clothes to dry outside at the Juan de la Vega prison in Emboscada, Paraguay, Friday, July 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Prisoners line up for a jail-provided meal known as "vori-vori" at the Tacumbu prison in Asuncion, Paraguay, Wednesday, July 10, 2024. The soup, made of chicken or beef, vegetables, and corn balls stuffed with cheese, is considered the food of the poorest inmates, and those who can afford it prefer to buy other food. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Prisoner Antolin Rojas, 32, shines the shoes of a prison guard, for 2000 Guaranies, or about 30 cents, at the Regional Penitentiary in Coronel Oviedo, Paraguay, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
A prisoner uses pebbles to mark his bingo card in the prison yard of the Regional Penitentiary in Villarica, Paraguay, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024. Prisoners pay per bingo card and the winner takes all. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
The Regional Penitentiary is surrounded by fields in Coronel Oviedo, Paraguay, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Prisoners talk to other prisoners through the gaps of a cell where they serve out punishment for trying to start a riot at the Juan de la Vega prison in Emboscada, Paraguay, Friday, July 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Prisoners warm themselves by a fire inside their pavilion at the Juan de la Vega prison in Emboscada, Paraguay, Friday, July 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Prisoners peer from their group cell in the late afternoon, to be unlocked in the morning, as another prisoner prepares to enter another group cell to be locked for the night at the Regional Penitentiary in Villarica, Paraguay, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Prisoners play soccer at the Juan de la Vega prison in Emboscada, Paraguay, Friday, July 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
A prison security guard shows the knife he carries as he patrols outside the Regional Penitentiary in Villarica, Paraguay, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Rocio Gonzalez, sentenced to 16 years for murder, eats lunch inside the pavilion reserved for transgender inmates at the Regional Penitentiary in Coronel Oviedo, Paraguay, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Inmates pray during an evangelical service at the Buen Pastor women's prison in Asuncion, Paraguay, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Magali Vargas, 29, strikes a pose while cleaning the floor of the pavilion reserved for transgender inmates at the Regional Penitentiary in Coronel Oviedo, Paraguay, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
A prisoner, right, playfully hugs a female prison guard at the women's pavilion of the Regional Penitentiary in Villarica, Paraguay, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Security guards work at a checkpoint inside the Buen Pastor women's prison in Asuncion, Paraguay, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Liz Cardozo, 40, who said she has been in jail for seven months with no trial, smiles inside the Buen Pastor women's prison in Asuncion, Paraguay, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024. Cardozo said she was arrested for fighting with a neighbor. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Prisoners sit in their cell block at the Regional Penitentiary in Villarica, Paraguay, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)