Honduras is beginning the grim task of identifying the victims of a prison fire that killed more than 350 people.
As forensic experts worked to recover the charred corpses from the jail in Comayagua, hundreds of relatives remained desperate for news.
The government has promised a full investigation and accepted that the entire prison system needs reform.
More than half the inmates in Comayagua were on remand or held as suspected gang members, AP news agency says.
AP obtained an internal Honduran government report sent to the United Nations that detailed conditions in the Comayagua prison.
The report said that there were some 800 prisoners in a jail built for 500, and only 51 guards by day and just 12 by night.
Tuesday’s fire, which broke out at night, destroyed large parts of the Comayagua complex.
With the number of dead past 350, it is the world’s worst prison fire in a century.
Survivors said inmates had tried to save themselves by jumping into showers or sinks.
Bodies are being sent to the mortuary in Tegucigalpa for formal identification. Many are so badly charred that dental records and DNA will be needed.
