Katy Gisel Gómez

Katy Gisel Gómez is a psychiatrist with a decade of experience working within the Dominican Republic's penitentiary system. She has been vocal about the severe lack of mental health resources, highlighting the insufficiency of psychiatric professionals in addressing the needs of approximately 27,000 incarcerated individuals. In a recent debate, she emphasized the urgent need for a dedicated psychiatric facility and clear protocols to differentiate between inmates with genuine mental disorders and those feigning conditions to evade justice.