Local October 23, 2024 | 8:21 am

Indotel allocates 300 million pesos for signal blocking system in Dominican prisons

Santo Domingo.- The Dominican Institute of Telecommunications (Indotel) has allocated 300 million pesos to support the Attorney General’s Office in installing a signal blocking system in the country’s prisons. The decision was approved during Indotel’s board meeting last Thursday, with the funds aimed at preventing criminal activities, such as fraudulent calls, originating from penitentiaries.

In a letter to Attorney General Miriam Germán Brito, Indotel President Gómez Mazara emphasized that 90% of fraudulent calls are made from inside prisons. He also announced an educational campaign to raise public awareness about these scam calls. To ensure transparency, Indotel has requested that the General Budget Directorate oversee the administration of the funds.

The project will begin with the installation of signal blockers in four key prisons: El Pino in La Vega, the 15 de Azua Correction and Rehabilitation Center, Anamuya in Higüey, and the Santiago penitentiary. These initial efforts aim to curb criminal acts from these facilities.
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Paul Tierney
October 23, 2024 9:43 am

Don’t think this signal blocking will work well… the inmates will aways find a way to override the system. The best signal blocking system and least costly is to remove the calling devices.

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Dominican Stan
October 23, 2024 2:37 pm

Anyone waste of money form our horrible president.

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Paul Tierney
October 23, 2024 3:39 pm
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This has little to do with the president. It is the running of the prison system itself. The fraudulent calls happened under all the presidents. It has been the corruption within the prison system over all the years that allowed the call behavior to exist. It is up to the prisons to enforce rules. What should be done is unannounced prison shakedowns by authorities disassociated with the prisons they are clearing.

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