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10-18-2006, 04:20 PM
The director of the prison system has announced the firing of three prison guards who abused minors, acted incorrectly or assisted in escapes at the Najayo Juvenile facility and at the Rafey Prison in Santiago. Only two of the men were named. A third person was not identified since he was an intern and not on the regular payroll. The firing came about after inmates received a hacksaw from the guards and escaped.
Diario Libre is reporting that Attorney General Radhames Jimenez Pena did not agree with the report by the Program for the Reform and the Modernization of the State (PARME) and Hoy reports that PARME has kept a lot of the details of similar cases around the country under wraps. The Attorney General was not immediately available for comment because he left the country yesterday. Juan Ramon de la Cruz Martinez, head of the Department of Prisons, said that he would not tolerate any physical abuse or abuse of power by any correctional officials. Jimenez Pena says that he was aware of the troubles in the correctional system, having been given photos of the torture acts that some of the children are subjected to and has been bothered by the irregularities in the national prison system.
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Diario Libre is reporting that Attorney General Radhames Jimenez Pena did not agree with the report by the Program for the Reform and the Modernization of the State (PARME) and Hoy reports that PARME has kept a lot of the details of similar cases around the country under wraps. The Attorney General was not immediately available for comment because he left the country yesterday. Juan Ramon de la Cruz Martinez, head of the Department of Prisons, said that he would not tolerate any physical abuse or abuse of power by any correctional officials. Jimenez Pena says that he was aware of the troubles in the correctional system, having been given photos of the torture acts that some of the children are subjected to and has been bothered by the irregularities in the national prison system.
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