Peru’s mega-prisons are designed in Asturias: this is the project of an engineering firm located in the Llanera Technology Park

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Sep 2024

Peru’s mega-prisons are designed in Asturias: this is the project of an engineering firm located in the Llanera Technology Park

Impulso engineering firm has designed the largest prisons in the Latin American country, each with capacity for 3,200 inmates, and construction has just resumed

Ica is one of the 26 regions into which Peru is divided. Located in the southwestern part of the country, not far from the famous Nazca Lines, its territory is mostly desert. There, in the middle of a vast plain, a large complex is under construction: a 100-hectare area enclosed by a wall featuring a concrete watchtower. These are the works for the Ica Mega-prison, the project to build the largest prison in the Andean country, with a capacity for 3,168 inmates (men and women) distributed across 944 cells. The macro-prison was designed in Asturias: it is a product of Impulso, an engineering firm located in the Llanera Technology Park with a specialized architecture department.

For years, successive Peruvian governments have been promoting the construction of large-scale prisons to solve the serious overcrowding problems within the country’s prison population. Currently, there are 68 prisons designed to house 41,000 inmates, but the actual figure is close to 94,000, resulting in a surplus of 53,000 that represents a major headache for the authorities.

Rendering of a cell at the Ica Mega-prison. / Impulso

For instance, the current Ica correctional facility houses nearly 5,000 inmates, more than triple its original capacity (1,400); consequently, it is undergoing an expansion to accommodate 1,500 more.

This is an emergency solution, considering that the region’s Mega-prison is several years behind schedule. Impulso’s design dates back to 2015 and construction did not begin until 2018, but the project was halted in 2020 due to legal disputes between the executing consortium and the Government.

After four years of stagnation, Dina Boluarte’s administration recently announced its intention to resume the project and make the Ica Mega-prison a reality. However, the delays have increased the cost of such a monumental work: from the €89 million initially budgeted, the latest figures published by the Peruvian press point to around €174 million, nearly double.

The Ica facility is not the only macro-prison planned by Impulso, which in the same contract obtained the design for a similar prison located in the Socabaya district, in the Arequipa region. This project is also years behind schedule, and the Peruvian Government has promised that permits to reactivate the works will be processed before the end of 2024. The current Socabaya prison is also overcrowded: it holds 2,300 inmates, five times its original capacity of 400.

Source: https://www.lne.es/asturias-exterior/2024/09/17/megaprisiones-peru-idean-asturias-proyecto-108221661.html

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Peru’s mega-prisons are designed in Asturias: this is the project of an engineering firm located in the Llanera Technology Park

Peru's mega-prisons are designed in Asturias: this is the project of an engineering firm located in the Llanera Technology Park

Impulso engineering firm has designed the largest prisons in the Latin American country, each with capacity for 3,200 inmates, and construction has just resumed