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08-15-2012, 03:20 PM
Following the riots at the prison in Moca, a commission made up of the Prisons' Board, the Attorney Generals office and the Penal Reform Committee viewed security cameras where they were able to identify those responsible for the unrest. As a result, 35 inmates have been transferred to jails in Azua and La Victoria near the capital. According to the vice president of the Board, Fernando Moronta, the damage is estimated at one million pesos.
During the riots, prisoners destroyed beds, lamps, telephones, drinks machines and toilets and burned mattresses in two of the three cellblocks.
The jail has capacity for 704 inmates but at the time of the riot it only had 581. However, Juan Compres, a prisoners' rights campaigner, said that the prisoners had rioted in response to inhumane treatment of the inmates by the staff. He said that the inmates are subjected to physical torture and that their human rights are violated.
The authorities at the jail confirmed the existence of a suspected gang of inmates and employees with external connections who were trafficking drugs.
At a press conference, National Prisons Coordinator Ismael Paniagua revealed that the gang included Carlos Guichardo, who ran the store at the jail, Carlos Dominguez, a teacher, and prison officers identified as Aren and Dixon Mejia, who, according to Paniagua were responsible for bringing drugs into the jail.
He said that over the last few weeks they had confiscated a large quantity of drugs and that is what started the fight between those running the business outside and those running it inside.
Some of the inmates interviewed confirmed this claim, but they also said they were being mistreated and beaten with sticks.
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During the riots, prisoners destroyed beds, lamps, telephones, drinks machines and toilets and burned mattresses in two of the three cellblocks.
The jail has capacity for 704 inmates but at the time of the riot it only had 581. However, Juan Compres, a prisoners' rights campaigner, said that the prisoners had rioted in response to inhumane treatment of the inmates by the staff. He said that the inmates are subjected to physical torture and that their human rights are violated.
The authorities at the jail confirmed the existence of a suspected gang of inmates and employees with external connections who were trafficking drugs.
At a press conference, National Prisons Coordinator Ismael Paniagua revealed that the gang included Carlos Guichardo, who ran the store at the jail, Carlos Dominguez, a teacher, and prison officers identified as Aren and Dixon Mejia, who, according to Paniagua were responsible for bringing drugs into the jail.
He said that over the last few weeks they had confiscated a large quantity of drugs and that is what started the fight between those running the business outside and those running it inside.
Some of the inmates interviewed confirmed this claim, but they also said they were being mistreated and beaten with sticks.
www.elnuevodiario.com.do/app/article.aspx?id=298564 (http://www.elnuevodiario.com.do/app/article.aspx?id=298564)
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