2004News

AG orders review of prison releases

Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito has ordered his people to review the files of over 100 prisoners recently released from custody by former AG Victor Cespedes Martinez. El Caribe says its sources at the attorney general’s offices have indications of some irregularities and that Dominguez Brito wants to know all the details. In defense of his actions, Cespedes Martinez told reporters during a visit to El Caribe that “it was not necessary to wait until a prisoner was dying in order to release him.” Cespedes added that during one of his last visits to the Najayo Prison, he found a person dying of AIDS, another of tuberculosis and one from cancer. The former AG recounted that he had ordered for their immediate release, and said he would do the same again. The newspaper’s sources said that Dominguez Brito would be looking at what sort of offenses had been committed by the freed convicts, and if their health issues justified their release from prison.