400 inmates from La Victoria are moved to CCR Las Parras

Santo Domingo.– The General Directorate of Penitentiary and Correctional Services (DGSPC) transferred 400 inmates from La Victoria Penitentiary Center to the Correction and Rehabilitation Center (CCR) Las Parras this Friday, as part of the relocation process initiated in November 2025. Through a statement, the institution informed that with this group of inmates, 50% of the capacity of the first module of the CCR Las Parras is completed, which was delivered by the Ministry of Housing and Buildings (Mived) within the works of completion and reconditioning of the penitentiary complex. During the relocation process, the general director of the Penitentiary Services, Roberto Santana, thanked the collaborative attitude of the inmates of La Victoria who are still waiting to be relocated, highlighting that their disposition has contributed to the orderly development of the operation. Santana urged those deprived of their liberty to maintain a cooperative conduct, pointing out that this process is part of a plan to improve the penitentiary system, which also affects the tranquility of the inmates’ families.

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The official recalled that the enabled module of the CCR Las Parras, located in the municipality of San Antonio de Guerra, has a modern infrastructure that includes administrative areas, sewing workshops, hearing rooms, family and conjugal visit areas, maximum security cells, a medical office, dining room, kitchen, electrical substation and wastewater treatment plants, among other facilities. Likewise, he reiterated that the transfer process and the penitentiary reform as a whole constitute a priority for the Dominican State, with the aim of eliminating illegal conduct and illicit activities in the detention centers, strengthening the security of the penitentiary system. Finally, Santana stressed that the State must overcome any obstacle to advance a reform that respects the integrity of those deprived of their liberty and promotes their rehabilitation, for their benefit, their families, and citizen security.