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Dominican Republic: officials cram thousands of people facing no charges into overcrowded prisons
They’re known as “frog men,” incarcerated people who are forced to sleep on prison floors, often next to overflowing toilets or holes in the ground that serve as one. Thousands of them are crammed into the country’s severely overcrowded prisons, some operating at seven times their capacity.
República Dominicana: prisiones afirma recintos están abiertos para supervisión de legisladores
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