(Representational Picture) The new prison in Peru has solar panels glistening in the bone chilling cold. The new prison in Peru has solar panels glistening in the bone chilling cold. (Representational Picture)It may not be anyone’s dream destination, but that’s probably the point: Peru has opened a sprawling new prison high up in the Andes, with solar panels glistening in the bone-chilling cold. While the cold at the new facility is brutal, it could be worse for inmates there. President-elect Pedro Pablo Kuczynski won office amid promises he would reduce the country’s current shortage of 40,000 prison beds.

Source: Indian Express July 09, 2016 23:03 UTC