Conditions have only gotten worse since the prison massacres almost a decade ago. While the LA Times claims Prison fire in Honduras leaves at least 300 dead, official says (a few minutes ago it was 272), El Tiempo earlier had it at 356. From the LA Times article:

"We couldn't get them out because we didn't have the keys and couldn't find the guards who had them," Garcia said.

Interesting that the whole U.S. military fire squad with its high-tech equipment and trained personnel at Palmerola next door couldn't be bothered to turn up. I guess preventing the deaths of hundreds of prisoners doesn't count as "security."
See Oscar Estrada's film El Porvenir for background:

El Porvenir from Adrienne Pine on Vimeo.

On the morning of April 5, 2003, news broke of a violent clash between members of the Mara 18 gang and common prisoners at the El Porvenir penal farm in La Ceiba, Honduras. When the fighting was over, 69 people, mainly gang members, were dead—most of them shot, stabbed, beaten or burned.

Although prison officials initially claimed that the Mara 18 had initiated the violence and set the deadly fire in their cellblock, subsequent evidence revealed that the conflict was a premeditated massacre in which prison authorities were actively involved in the execution of unarmed gang members.

In "El Porvenir," survivors and families of the victims tell the story of what happened that day and of their subsequent struggles for truth and justice. Using the tragedy as a springboard, the film also explores the broader issue of gangs in Honduras. While members of Honduran society agree it is a problem in need of a solution, the roots of the problem and the means to solve it aren't easy questions to answer.