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MRTA inmates address their group in one of the wings of Castro Castro prison
MRTA prisoners rally for their group in one of the cellblocks of the Castro Castro prison. The country's prisons were not prepared to receive hundreds of detainees for terrorism: their security levels and capacity were overwhelmed by the influx of new inmates who, under orders to turn prisons into new fronts of struggle, imposed their own control behind bars, planning and coordinating operations or staging demonstrations with their symbols.