The District Attorney announced that no new prisoners will be sent to La Victoria, a jail that is overpopulated with 3,358 inmates. The new prisoners will be sent to the Najayo jail, the country’s second largest jail that is also overpopulated with 2,459 inmates. DA Francisco Domínguez said that the judiciary is accelerating the procedures to revise cases and decongestion the jails. The operation was started in December, when pending cases were reduced 10%. A new push to accelerate the study of cases will start 3 April 2000, according to the Supreme Court of Justice. The decision to freeze the number of inmates at La Victoria comes after a fire killed 12 prisoners, and 40 others were seriously burned.
