In a 2021 report, Human Rights Watch stated that "Overcrowding, inadequate nutrition, poor sanitation, beatings, intra-gang violence, and detainee killings are endemic in [Honduran] prisons.

[10][11] According to Delma Ordóñez, the president of an association for prisoners' families, a brawl broke out between members of rival gangs 18th Street and MS-13.

Public Prosecutor's Office spokesperson Yuri Mora stated that the government could not confirm specifics regarding the incident at the moment.

[4] Xiomara Castro, president of Honduras, accused prison security and law enforcement of being complacent and even acquiescing to the rioters, saying on social media that she would "take drastic measures".

[20] Alice Shackelford, UN Resident Coordinator in Honduras, tweeted: "My solidarity with the women in the Penitentiary Center in Támara and my strong rejection of violence" ("Mi solidaridad con las mujeres en el Centro Penitenciario en Támara y mi fuerte rechazo a la violencia").

[21] Also on Twitter, US ambassador to Honduras Laura Dogu expressed condolences and said, "This tragedy exacerbates serious concerns about the security and human rights of all those deprived of liberty" ("Esta tragedia agrava las serias preocupaciones sobre la seguridad y los derechos humanos de todos los privados de libertad").