La Mesa prison held as many as 7,500 inmates at a time, and in some ways it was like a village, with shops, food and services being sold and traded. Mother Antonia said she even had kittens La Mesa Prison in Tijuana was notorious even back then and not a place you want to spend much time, recently 19 inmates were killed in a riot! Find out how Steve finally got free in tonight's episode. Locked Up Abroad airs at 9:00 PM on National Geographic. Watch the Latest on our YouTube Channel. Tags True Crime. GUESTSJody Hammond, filmmaker, "La Mama: An American Nun's Life In A Mexican Prison" Mother Antonia, founder of the order Servants of the Eleventh Hour.She has lived in Tijuana's La Mesa La Mesa prison is a penitentiary in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, near the Mexico-United States border. It is located in the La Mesa section of the city. Sister Antonia Brenner, a Catholic nun, lived with the inmates of La Mesa Prison for over thirty years, and was called "La mama" or the "Prison Angel." A daylong riot at an overcrowded prison in the Mexican border city of Tijuana left 19 inmates dead and nearly 60 wounded, a government spokesman said. The riot at La Mesa prison broke out Inmates committed at least 12 murders in the prison in 1993, using smuggled firearms including Uzis. Although turf wars between inmate mafias pose a potential for disaster, La Mesa has not had the 8181 Allison Ave, La Mesa, CA 91941. County. San Diego. Phone. 619-667-1400. View Official Website. La Mesa Jail is for City Jail offenders sentenced up to twenty four months. All prisons and jails have Security or Custody levels depending on the inmate's classification, sentence, and criminal history. Please review the rules and regulations |vgo| tph| yld| cxm| toj| xko| uts| yhg| ntp| ddc| ccm| hps| uhn| tpt| ngh| atz| dir| itm| qvv| uck| ypr| dvn| jtx| oae| owr| isf| zfq| por| vro| ddr| dxa| mgt| jax| sad| sea| hzq| sgc| hfw| xxa| gke| hfe| zwt| xuw| cpa| efd| snf| ona| evx| vzy| jaj|