Dominican officials cram thousands of inmates facing no charges into overcrowded prisons

Dominican Republic prisons pushed past capacity, inmates held without charges

Overcrowding in Dominican Republic prisons has persisted for decades despite government efforts to reform the system. To address overcrowding and improve conditions, the government plans to build 25 new prisons by 2028. A 2024 fire at La Victoria killed 11 inmates. It prompted the president to create a commission to reform the prison system. Advocates say 60% of the prison population is still in pretrial detention, with some inmates waiting year…

Dominican Republic officials cram thousands of inmates facing no charges into overcrowded prisons

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — They’re known as “frog men,” inmates who are forced to sleep on prison floors across

Dominican officials cram thousands of inmates facing no charges into overcrowded prisons

They’re known as “frog men,” inmates who are forced to sleep on prison floors across the Dominican Republic, often next to overflowing toilets or holes in the ground that serve as one. Thousands of them are crammed into the country’s…

In Dominican Republic prisons, thousands of people remain detained without facing formal charges, trapped in an overcrowded prison system. They are known as “toad men,” inmates who are forced to sleep on the floors of Dominican prisons, often next to overflowing toilets or holes in the ground that serve as such. Thousands of them are crammed into the country’s prisons, which are severely overcrowded, some at seven times their capacity. Most lang…

They are known as “toad men,” inmates who are forced to sleep on the floors of prisons in the Dominican Republic, often next to overflowing toilets or holes in the ground that do that function.