The Secretaría de Seguridad Pública de Tamaulipas (SSP, "Secretariat of Public Safety of Tamaulipas") is a state agency of Tamaulipas

Tamaulipas

Tamaulipas officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Tamaulipas is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 43 municipalities and its capital city is Ciudad Victoria. The capital city was named after Guadalupe Victoria, the...

, Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

. It operates public safety services.

Prisons

The agency operates the state of Tamaulipas's prisons for adults. Each is called a "Centro de Rehabilitacion Social" (CERESO, "Social Rehabilitation Center"). As of 2010 the state has eight prisons with almost 8,000 prisoners. 25% of the prisoners faced federal charges.

The prisons include:

• CERESO Altamira
• CERESO Mante
• CERESO Matamoros II - 15 miles (24.1 km) southwest of Matamoros
  Matamoros, Tamaulipas
  Matamoros, officially known as Heroica Matamoros, is a city in the northeastern part of Tamaulipas, in the country of Mexico. It is located on the southern bank of the Rio Grande, directly across the border from Brownsville, Texas, in the United States. Matamoros is the second largest and second...
  
  
• CERESO Miguel Alemán
  Miguel Alemán, Tamaulipas
  Miguel Alemán, or El Carrizo, is a town located in Nuevo Laredo Municipality in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. According to the INEGI Census of 2010, Miguel Alemán had a population of 114 inhabitants. Its elevation is 136 meters above sea level....
  
  
• CERESO Nuevo Laredo II
• CERESO Reynosa
• CERESO Tula
• CERESO Victoria

External links

• Tamaulipas Department of Public Safety
• CNN Wire Staff. "Officials: At least 141 inmates escape from Mexican prison." CNN
  CNN
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  . December 18, 2010.