Attorney General begins blocking cell phones in the jails
Federico Méndez
SANTO DOMINGO. The Attorney General of the Republic initiated a system of blocking cell phone signals in the country's jails, with the start of the measure in the jail at Kilometer 15 in Azua.
Inside the prison building, which houses more than 600 inmates, there is no cell phone reception.
The Attorney General, Francisco Dominguez Brito, will offer today, at 11:00 a.m., details regarding the scope that this system of blocking cell phones in prisons will have.
The Azúa prison was used as a pilot plan which seeks to expand to other jails, so that the inmates have limitations on their contacts from inside. Lately, the authorities had discovered diverse criminal plans, whose organizational basis had been established from the jails.
Among these actions they point out killings for hire, frauds, extortions and affairs related to the transfer of drugs.
The latest the statistics from the Attorney General of the Republic places the number of inmates at 25,812. Of these prisoners, the traditional model houses 10,182 persons in preventive custody (60.5%) and 6641 convicts (39.5%). At the same time the new model of prison administration has 4952 inmates pending trial (55.1%) and 4037 persons who have received a conviction from the tribunals (44.9%).
Inside the prison building, which houses more than 600 inmates, there is no cell phone reception.
The Attorney General, Francisco Dominguez Brito, will offer today, at 11:00 a.m., details regarding the scope that this system of blocking cell phones in prisons will have.
The Azúa prison was used as a pilot plan which seeks to expand to other jails, so that the inmates have limitations on their contacts from inside. Lately, the authorities had discovered diverse criminal plans, whose organizational basis had been established from the jails.
Among these actions they point out killings for hire, frauds, extortions and affairs related to the transfer of drugs.
The latest the statistics from the Attorney General of the Republic places the number of inmates at 25,812. Of these prisoners, the traditional model houses 10,182 persons in preventive custody (60.5%) and 6641 convicts (39.5%). At the same time the new model of prison administration has 4952 inmates pending trial (55.1%) and 4037 persons who have received a conviction from the tribunals (44.9%).
Federico Méndez
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