The facility is overcrowded[2] and has been repeatedly accused of systematic abuses against its population.
[6] On December 17, 2019 a gunfight erupted inside La Joyita.
15 inmates were killed when a split in the street gang Bagdad occurred.
Prisoners wielding assault rifles and handguns executed one another in the worst inter-prison violence in the nation's history.
The La Joya, La Joyita, Nueva Joya complex continues to degrade into basic concentration camp status.