Roberto Santana, mastermind of jail reform in the Dominican Republic and Latin America, has warned that the Abinader administration urgently needed to continue to expand jail capacity in the government and continue jail reform. Nevertheless, the funds have not been available after billions were wasted on the construction of the Nueva Victoria Jail during the Medina administration.
N Digital reports on the series of violent incidents in congested jails around the country and names the incidents at the jails Najayo in San Cristóbal, Vista al Valle in San Francisco de Macorís and San Felipe in Puerto Plata and the most recent in Anamuya in Higüey.
One dead and one injured were the result of a riot on Monday, 11 July 2022 at the Anamuya Correction and Rehabilitation Center in Higüey, La Altagracia province, after several inmates started a riot against a search led by prison authorities. One of the guards was held by a group of inmates. The jail houses 992 prisoners.
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13 July 2022