Ferrer shows the food that prisoners receive in Cuba: "It looks like a concentration camp."

The Cuban opposition leader José Daniel Ferrer once again denounced the extreme conditions faced by inmates in the prisons of the communist regime, sharing on social media an image of the food that, he claims, thousands of prisoners receive daily on the Island.

In a message posted on the social network X, Ferrer shared a photograph sent anonymously from a Cuban prison and described the lunch as an example of the systematic hunger that prevails behind bars.

"Every day is the same, and in many prisons, it is even worse and more confined," wrote the opposition member, who chose not to reveal the name of the prison to protect the guard who sent him the image.

"There are thousands of malnourished prisoners."

The founder of the Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU) warned that the food in Cuban prisons has caused a widespread malnutrition crisis among inmates.

"There are thousands of malnourished prisoners in Cuban jails. They look like prisoners in a Nazi concentration camp," denounced Ferrer, comparing the dictatorial prison system to extermination scenarios.

Hunger, diseases, and deaths behind bars

Beyond the food scarcity, Ferrer warned about the direct impact of diseases spreading in prisons, amidst deplorable sanitary conditions and lack of medical care.

“In prisons, hunger and diseases, including tuberculosis, kill many inmates,” he stated.

These reports coincide with constant accounts from family members and independent organizations that have documented outbreaks of tuberculosis, hepatitis, scabies, and other infectious diseases within Cuban detention centers, where overcrowding and the lack of medication exacerbate the situation.

A prison system marked by neglect

Cuban prisons have been pointed out for years as spaces of political punishment and institutional neglect, especially for prisoners of conscience and those detained for protesting against the regime.

In a country engulfed in a total economic and health crisis, the reality behind prison walls reflects, according to activists, one of the most brutal forms of state collapse: hunger transformed into a tool of control.

While the regime insists on projecting narratives of “medical power” and social justice, images sent from the prisons portray an opposite scenario, where thousands of Cubans survive in inhumane conditions, forgotten by a system that does not even guarantee the most basic needs: food and health.