The president of the board of the Dominican Telecommunications Institute (Indotel), Guido Gómez Mazara has confirmed that the technical aspects of blocking cell phone calls from prisons have been resolved, as part of a joint effort with the Office of the Attorney General.
Mazara asserted that this measure will curb the increase in criminal activities originating from prisons, explaining that 36% of thefts involve cell phones, and 90% of fraudulent calls are made from prisons using stolen phones. “I guarantee the country that this year, the blocking of cell phone calls from prisons will be resolved, as we are already checking [the system], but we cannot disclose which prisons,” Mazara stated during an interview with Pablo McKinney on his program “McKinney,” broadcast on Color Visión, Channel 9.
He further noted that when the Las Parras prison...
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