( CNN ) -- Honduras ' president ordered troops to take control of a prison on Saturday , a day after a report claimed that inmates have `` internal control '' over all of the country 's prisons . President Porfirio Lobo said the military would go into the PenitenciarÃ­a Nacional , or National Penitentiary , following a confrontation there . The Ser Honduras news service reported that three died and 15 were wounded in clashes earlier Saturday . The news came after the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights , in a report Friday , said that all control at Honduras ' 24 prisons `` has been ceded into the hands of the prisoners themselves . '' In 2012 : At least 13 dead in Honduran prison fire . Due in part to limited staffing , inmates practice `` self-government '' or `` shared government '' at the detention facilities -- a system that includes administering punishment , resolving conflicts and distributing and setting food prices , according to the report . An officer in command at one prison , San Pedro Sula , said that prison authorities `` have no power to change anything , '' according to the multinational organization . Honduran prisons have been criticized for being overcrowded places with poor conditions . The International Centre for Prison Studies , citing February 2010 figures , has said that the country 's prisons were operating at 137.9 % of capacity . The commission report noted that at least two prisons had more than twice as many inmates as they should hold . In 2012 : Nasty , harsh , overcrowded : Life in a Honduran prison . CNN 's Greg Botelho contributed to this report .
Honduras ' president orders troops to take control of the national capital . This follows a fight there that , a report says , left three dead and 15 wounded . A report claims to have ` ` internal control '' of all nation 's media .