Embattled Mexican women's prison reports 8 suicides in under 5 months

The women's prison in Mexico's Morelos state, located outside Mexico City, has reported a string of eight recent suicides as it grapples with notoriously poor conditions.

The office said it had changed prison managers and increased sports, cultural and handicraft activities for the prison’s approximately 1,000 inmates.

Reports from earlier this year found that conditions were harsh at the prison, with inmates often served rotting food. The governmental National Human Rights Commission said 400 inmates suffered food poisoning in outbreaks in 2022.