An El Caribe report on the DR?s jails that reads like a manual of poor prison management gives some interesting statistics. Sixty-eight percent of the inmates in the jails on the Dominican Republic are under 35 years of age with very little education, says the report, and more than 30% of those held have no assigned space, due to overcrowded conditions. La Victoria prison, designed to house 1,000 inmates, now holds nearly 3,600, and most of the other jails are similarly affected. The jail in Azua has more than four times its designated capacity, while La Romana?s jail exceeds its intended population by five times. Even the ?model? jail at Najayo holds 250% more inmates than it was designed to handle. Jailed for robbery, murder, gang-related incidents or for drug offenses, these inmates live in unimaginably congested conditions. According to the latest report from the Director of Prisons Office, there were 13,549 inmates in jails designed to hold 8,907 people. Other numbers are even worse: In La Victoria has only 354 beds for its 3,600 prisoners. A full 68% of all inmates are there for robbery or homicides, 25% are being held for gang-related crimes, and 18% have been accused of drug-related crimes.