Senator for Duarte, Franklin Romero, declared on Wednesday that the situation of inmates in Dominican prisons is alarming, urging the Senate to establish a commission to examine possible violations of their fundamental rights.
Romero recalled that a few weeks ago, he presented an initiative to the hemicycle requesting the convocation of a research group on “what was happening with inmates who were abusing their fundamental rights”. According to the legislator, the statistics on the penitentiary situation are exact and the complaints must generate the relevant lawsuits so that the competent authorities investigate the facts.
Overcrowding and overpopulation
The senator denounced the overcrowding in the penitentiary facilities, pointing out that the installations designed to accommodate 100 people reach up to 500 people deprived of liberty. This figure coincides with the data presented in the report “Conditions of Detention and Imprisonment 2025” of the National Office of Public Defense (ONDP), which indicates that 65% of inmates remain in preventive imprisonment and overcrowding exceeds 142% of the installed capacity.
Responsibility of the police authorities
Romero also considered it essential that the police authorities respond to the actions of their subordinates, within their institutional responsibilities. “It corresponds to them, as authorities at the level of hierarchy, to respond to their subordinates”, he stated, defending the Senate’s faculty to summon public officials to expose their actions before the legislators.
The senator concluded that “yes it corresponds to summon ministers and other state officials to answer the questions of the legislators on matters related to their functions” and that this is “healthy for the system”.
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