More than 31 thousand prisoners will vote for the presidential election

Over 31 thousand prisoners will vote for the first time in history in the presidential elections. From Durango there would be 740 and from Coahuila 212.

The National Electoral Institute (INE) will install vote receiving tables from May 6 to 20 within 262 federal and state prisons in which those in preventive detention will participate.

There are 31,125 inmates who complied with the requirements established by the electoral authority to participate in the elections, of which 3,075 are from federal prisons and 28,046 from state prisons. In the case of Coahuila, the report mentions that there are 195 federal prisons and 17 state prisons, while in Durango there would be 7 and 733, respectively.

During the morning conference of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the head of the Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC), Rosa Icela Rodríguez, reported that This is 14.55% of the federal prison population and 13.25% of the state prison population..

It is worth mentioning that not all prisoners registered, however, 100 percent were notified and invited by the INE to participate in the electoral process.

To comply with the ruling of the Electoral Tribunal of the Judicial Branch of the FederationOn February 12, 2024, the INE and the SSPC, through the Decentralized Administrative Body for Prevention and Social Readaptation (OADPRS), signed a collaboration agreement, in order to guarantee this exercise.

The OADPRS developed a protocol to guarantee the safety and proper development of the day within the 14 Ceferesos.