Costa Rica’s government has sent a first package of six security bills to the Legislative Assembly, opening a push to change self-defense rules for police, toughen criminal penalties, restrict prison benefits and impose new rules on inmates. President Laura Fernández presented the proposals yesterday during extraordinary sessions, a period in which the Executive Branch controls […] The post Costa Rica Proposes New Criminal Penalties and Prison Benefit Limits appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate .