2012News

Calls for investigation into Felix Bautista

According to Acento.com.do, the PRD Judicial Commission is urging the government and Congress to order an investigation into Senator Felix Bautista and other high-ranking Dominican government officials, in connection with complaints about alleged irregularities in the allocation of building contracts for reconstruction in Haiti. According to the PRD, the State should take public responsibility in …
2012News

Jails overcrowded

The old-style jails in the Dominican Republic are vastly overcrowded, according to data from the National Prisons Board, which states that out of a total number of inmates of 22,271, some 17,750 are held in the old jails which should have a capacity of 6,133 n some 289.4% over capacity. There are three new-style prisons …