Ep. 55 - Bolivia: San Pedro Prison & The Menonite Rape Scandal

Hola!This week we’re off to BOLIVIA! Georgie takes us on a tour on the unbelievable pseudo-city of San Pedro Prison.Kate then recounts the horrifying story of the Mennonite Rape Scandal- the stuff of nightmares.Join us this week for drugs, prisoner tour guides and a story of of unimaginable betrayal.¡Hasta luego!Notes from this week's episode:https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/sep/10/mennonites-rape-boliviahttps://www.vice.com/en_us/article/4w7gqj/the-ghost-rapes-of-bolivia-000300-v20n8https://nationalpost.com/entertainment/books/how-miriam-toews-gave-a-voice-to-the-rape-victims-of-the-horrific-bolivian-mennonite-atrocityhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-48265703https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Pedro_prisonhttps://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/05/02/the-lawless-san-pedro-prison-in-la-paz-bolivia-where-the-laws-are-created-by-the-inmates/https://pulitzercenter.org/reporting/jail-theyve-committed-no-crimehttps://www.thedailybeast.com/cocaine-politicians-and-wives-inside-the-worlds-most-bizarre-prisonhttps://www.vice.com/en_us/article/ev7kvw/meet-the-man-who-thrived-in-bolivias-cocaine-prisonhttp://america.aljazeera.com/multimedia/2015/1/in-bolivia-bloodisthickerthanbars.htmlhttps://www.lapazlife.com/places/san-pedro-prison-carcel-de-san-pedro/https://theculturetrip.com/south-america/bolivia/articles/a-glimpse-inside-san-pedro-bolivias-self-run-prison/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-39074991https://www.architectural-review.com/essays/a-law-unto-themselves-san-pedro-prison-in-la-paz-bolivia/10031290.articlehttps://www.atlasobscura.com/places/bolivia-s-witch-markethttps://www.atlasobscura.com/places/la-paz-cebritashttps://www.atlasobscura.com/places/cholita-wrestling