CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) —More than 100 female prisoners have been transferred from a Venezuelan detention centre after inmates took over the facility in a prison uprising, an independent observer group said Monday.

A prison official informed family members of “the complete evacuation of the 112 women” though she did not specify where they were being taken, according to Venezuelan Prison Observatory (OVP).

The official also said that “men would be transferred voluntarily and that judges and prosecutors would arrive at the prison to set up a technical committee” for a review of cases, OVP said in a post on X.