Archive for April 25th, 2010

There are 10,370 people incarcerated in Panama according to March 2010 Panama Penitentiary System statistics. The Panama Province heads incarcerations with 6,781 detainees held in six prisons with a total capacity for 4,913 prisoners.  The province’s prisons are the Cecilia O. de Chiari Feminine Center, the Renacer Rehabilitation Center and the La Chorrera, La Joya,...
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Although there is no indication of an imminent earthquake, the new Panama Canal locks are taking measures to withstand up to seven points on the Richter scale. There is a tectonic fault to the West of the Panama Canal that is 9 miles deep and 31 miles long.  It is located in Pedro Miguel...
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