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Mexican officials said ferries and cruise ships may soon be visiting the former Isla Marias prison, after the last island penal colony in the Americas was closed and turned into an environmental education center in 2019.
The education camp hasn’t gone very well only 40 youths have been trained on the island and the administration of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is now trying a different tack, because the island hasn’t been offsetting the costs associated with keeping it open.
Officials said Saturday they are planning to build a dock for larger ships on the Isla Madre main island, the only one of the four Marias islands that is inhabited. Visitors will be able to tour the remote island jail, but not stay overnight. Tourism Secretary Miguel Torruco described future tours.
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Mexico s last island penal colony may now host cruise ships
by The Associated Press
Last Updated Mar 14, 2021 at 12:44 pm EDT
FILE - In this March 17, 2019 file photo, a mural of Nelson Mandela, who spent many of his imprisoned years in an island prison in South Africa, adorns a gate in front of the dock where prison staff and inmates arrive in Navy boats to the now closed Islas Maria penal colony located off Mexico s Pacific coast. Mexican officials said on Saturday, March 13, 2021, that ferries and cruise ships may soon be visiting the former prison, after the last island penal colony in the Americas was closed and turned into an environmental education center in 2019. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)
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