SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic They're known as "frog men," inmates who are forced to sleep on prison floors across the Dominican Republic, often next to overflowing toilets or holes in the ground… [+6653 chars]
Dominican officials cram thousands of inmates facing no charges into overcrowded prisons - NPR
Despite promises to improve the system, problems within prisons keep mounting. Critics say the Dominican Republic continues to push for pretrial detentions in cases where no charges have been filed.
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