The La Victoria National Penitentiary will be temporarily excluded from the signal jammer plan that the Dominican Telecommunications Institute (Indotel), will be implemented in four prisons in the Dominican Republic.
The information was confirmed by the president of Indotel, Guido Gómez Mazarawho explained that “another strategy” has been designed for this prison, since the majority of the inmates will be transferred to the Las Parras prison, whose opening is estimated for March 2025.
The official pointed out that the situation presents a technical problem, which is why they are currently focusing only on four prisons that require priority attention.
He explained that the ongoing work includes data collection and the implementation of signal blockers in prisons 15 in Azua, the Higüey Correction and Rehabilitation Center, El Pino in La Vega and Rafey Hombres in Santiago.
“This presents a technical problem; that is why we work first in the four prisons that do not have populated environments. This is because, when the jammer comes into operation, it could unfortunately affect the people who live nearby” , accurate.
He explained that the selection of these prisons is subject to change and added that they will accept any suggestion from the Attorney General’s Office.
There will be no tender
Guido Gómez Mazara reiterated that a bidding process will not be carried out for the project to install signal jammers in the country’s prisons.
He reported that he contacted the general director of BudgetJosé Rijo Presbotto notify that Indotel will allocate 300 million pesos to the Attorney General’s Office for this purpose.
“Indotel is not going to bid. We are going to transfer and the item has already been consigned. We spoke with José Rijo Presbot. The Attorney General’s Office already has available, from Indotel, 300 million pesos for that”President of Indotel
The project to install signal jammers in the country’s prisons aims to cut off mobile communications within prison facilities, preventing the use of mobile phones for illicit activities such as fraud, extortion and other forms of organized crime, which have been common. in prisons.
A recent report indicated that more than 85% of scam calls affecting citizens and businesses in the country come from prisons.
