Location | Guayaquil |
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Coordinates | 02°03′09″S 79°56′42″W / 2.05250°S 79.94500°W |
Status | Operational |
Capacity | 5,000 |
The Litoral Penitentiary/Guayas 1 Prison (Spanish: Penitenciaría del Litoral), known officially as Center for Social Rehabilitation of Men No. 1 of Guayaquil (Spanish: Centro de Rehabilitación Social de Varones N. 1 de Guayaquil),[1] is the largest prison in Ecuador.[2] It is located 16.5 km (10.3 mi) from Vía a Daule, on the outskirts of Guayaquil.[3] The prison has twelve pavilions and has a capacity of five thousand inmates, although by July 2021 it housed around ten thousand.[4] It is part of the Guayas Penitentiary Complex, which also includes the Guayas Regional Rehabilitation Center, La Roca Prison and the Provisional Detention Center.[5]