In the Dominican Republic, inmates, referred to as "frog men," endure overcrowded and inhumane conditions in prisons, often sleeping on dirty floors and lacking medical care. With more than 60% of the approximately 26,000 prisoners held without charges under preventive detention, critics argue the system fails to protect detainee rights. Promises for reform have gone unfulfilled, with instances of individuals remaining incarcerated for years without trial. Although preventive detention is legally meant to be exceptional, it has become a norm in the Dominican prison system, exacerbating the crisis.
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.
Over 60% of the country's roughly 26,000 inmates are being held under preventive detention, without any charges, according to the National Public Defense Office.
Critics say the Dominican Republic continues to push for and allow pretrial detentions in nearly all criminal cases where no charges have been filed.
Prisons have become no man's land," said Rodolfo Valentin Santos, director of the Dominican Republic's National Public Defense Office.
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