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Las Parras Jail / José Peguero / Youtube

YouTube channel guru Jose Peguero toured the Las Parras jail with Roberto Santana, the consultant on jails to the Presidency, as the Abinader administration prepares the jail built by former Attorney General Jean Alain Rodriguez to receive its first 2,000 inmates in be accommodated in the first of four quadrants at the large jail.

Each building has four floors, with washing machines installed in the first floor, a barber shop in the second, mental health office in the third floor, and deposit area for sheets, etc on the fourth floor. The first quadrant has a park and sports courts for the recreation of the inmates.

The jail with capacity for 8,000 inmates was inaugurated in the last weeks of the Danilo Medina administration in August 2020. Its construction was handled by the Attorney General Office under Rodriguez. Rodriguez...