El Helicoide
El Helicoide is a building in Caracas, Venezuela owned by the Venezuelan government and used as a facility and prison for both regular and political prisoners of the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (SEBIN). In the shape of a three-sided pyramid, it was originally constructed as a shopping mall, but never completed.
| El Helicoide | |
|---|---|
| Caracas, Venezuela | |
| Coordinates | 10.4894°N 66.9099°W |
| Type | Office building, prison |
| Site information | |
| Owner | Government of Venezuela |
| Operator | SEBIN |
| Controlled by | Ministry of Interior, Justice and Peace |
| Condition | In service |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1961 |
| In use | 1984 |
| Events | Crisis in Venezuela
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During the Nicolás Maduro administration, El Helicoide became a high-profile prison for political detainees where systemic torture and human rights violations have taken place. Prisoners have reported "people being beaten, electrocuted, hung by their limbs, forced into stress positions and forced to plunge their face into a bag of faeces and breathe in".
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