A recent poll by the Department of Prisons has found that 30% of 15,951 inmates serving time in 19 non-reformed prisons have had more than one admission to prison. The survey showed that 21% (3,104) of prisoners were serving their second time in prison, while 9% (843) had been to jail three times, and 2% (280) had been four times, and 0.6% (115) had been there five times, as reported in Diario Libre. 70% (10,435) were serving their first time in jail.
The 15,951 inmates polled included 486 who had been deported from abroad. 31% of those serving time had been sentenced for homicide. 53% are serving 5-30 year sentences, including 1,611 who were serving 20-year sentences.
The survey also found that 60% of inmates were single, 16.5% said they did not know how to read and write, most of whom were at the Pedernales, Neyba, San Juan and Azua Km. 15 jails in the southwest.
Read more in Spanish: http://www.diariolibre.com/noticias/2014/09/01/i771161_los-presos-ido-una-vez-crcel.html