Roberto Santana
Roberto Santana is a former director of prisons in the Dominican Republic and currently leads a commission tasked with reforming the country's penitentiary system. He has firsthand experience of prison conditions, having spent time incarcerated himself, and he advocates for the closure of overcrowded facilities like La Victoria to improve the treatment and rehabilitation of inmates.
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Roberto Santana criticized the excessive use of preventive detention, calling it an 'anticipatory sentence' that mainly affects people who are still innocent under the law.
cada recluso sale al Estado en RD$1,400 diarios y pide reducir prisión preventiva
Dominican Republic· 2026-02-23
Roberto Santana is the General Director of Penitentiary and Correctional Services in the Dominican Republic.
Roberto Santana revela detalles de la construcción de 26 centros penitenciariosDominican Republic· 2026-02-13Roberto Santana is the director general of Penitentiary and Correctional Services.
Ministerio de Justicia instalará oficinas de derechos humanos en cárceles de RDDominican Republic· 2026-02-12
Roberto Santana was appointed as the director general of Services Penitentiaries and Corrections.
Antoliano juramenta a 5 viceministros de Justicia; algunos estuvieron en la Consultoría JurídicaDominican Republic· 2026-02-04
Roberto Santana, the head of the Dgspc, expressed gratitude to the inmates for their collaborative attitude during the relocation process.
Trasladan 400 presos de La Victoria a Las Parras y completan el 50% de su capacidadDominican Republic· 2026-01-30Roberto Santana valued the role of Inespre in supplying food to the population and highlighted the positive impact of the agreement.
Inespre instalará bodegas móviles en cárceles durante días de visitaDominican Republic· 2026-01-19
Roberto Santana is the director of Penitentiary Services who emphasized the goal of transferring inmates to the new facility.
606 privados de libertad, incluyendo implicados en caso Senasa han sido trasladados a Las ParrasDominican Republic· 2025-12-25
Roberto Santana is mentioned as someone who may need to make decisions regarding the penitentiary.
La Victoria: funesto lugarDominican Republic· 2025-12-25
Roberto Santana has stated that there will be no privileges for inmates at Las Parras.
Santiago Hazim, junto a cinco colaboradores, pasarán su primera Navidad en la cárcel de Las ParrasDominican Republic· 2025-12-24
Roberto Santana is the director general of Penitentiary and Correctional Services who explained the security measures for the detained individuals.
Grupo selecto de presos recibe trato diferente en cárcel Las ParrasDominican Republic· 2025-12-20
Roberto Santana announced an innovative community work program where inmates will collaborate in the reconstruction of infrastructures in vulnerable sectors.
Roberto Santana informa que reclusos reconstruirán barrios de forma gratuitaDominican Republic· 2025-12-19
Roberto Santana is the director general of Servicios Penitenciarios y Correccionales and proposed transforming La Victoria into an educational space.
el futuro que plantea Roberto Santana para La VictoriaDominican Republic· 2025-12-18
Roberto Santana emphasized that the mission of these agents is essentially pedagogical.
Agentes especializados asumen la custodia de menores en Villa ConsueloDominican Republic· 2025-12-18
Roberto Santana is the director general of Servicios Penitenciarios y Correccionales who oversaw the transfer of inmates to Las Parras.
Así fue el traslado de 300 presos de cárcel La Victoria a Las ParrasDominican Republic· 2025-12-17
Roberto Santana is the new director of the country's Penitentiary Services and a former notorious inmate.
Un símbolo de la ignominiaDominican Republic· 2025-12-17
Roberto Santana is the director general of Servicios Penitenciarios y Correccionales overseeing the transfer of prisoners to the new facility.
“El que quiera volver, me avisa, para traerlo”Dominican Republic· 2025-12-16
Roberto Santana is the director general of Servicios Penitenciarios y Correccionales who announced the closure of La Victoria.
Centro Penitenciario La Victoria queda cerrado de forma técnicaDominican Republic· 2025-12-16Roberto Santana is the head of the DGSPC who ordered the transfer of the accused to Las Parras.
Trasladan a la cárcel de Las Parras Santiago Hazim y otros seis implicados en caso SenasaDominican Republic· 2025-12-16
Roberto Santana is the head of the DGSPC who ordered the transfer of the implicated individuals to Las Parras prison.
¿Por qué Santiago Hazim y otros 6 imputados en caso Senasa van a la cárcel Las Parras y no a Najayo?Dominican Republic· 2025-12-15Roberto Santana is the current director general of Servicios Penitenciarios y Correccionales and has made public denunciations regarding corruption in the prison system.
De modelo de avance a “cementerio de hombres vivos”Dominican Republic· 2025-12-15
Roberto Santana, director of the Penitentiary and Correctional Service, decided to replace the National Police with specialized penitentiary agents at the center for minors in La Vega.
Designan agentes penitenciarios en lugar de policías en centro para menores de La VegaDominican Republic· 2025-12-12
Roberto Santana is an expert in penitentiary regime who participated in the panel on juvenile delinquency.
Defensa Pública maneja el 99% de casos de adolescentes en conflicto con la ley penalDominican Republic· 2025-12-11
Roberto Santana is an expert in penitentiary regime who participated in the panel.
Advierten hay vacíos en la atención a niños en conflicto con la ley penalDominican Republic· 2025-12-11
Roberto Santana is an expert in penitentiary regime who participated in the panel discussing juvenile delinquency.
Venta de drogas y vapes cerca de escuelas preocupa a EducaciónDominican Republic· 2025-12-10
Roberto Santana is the director of Penitentiary and Correctional Services.
menores en conflicto con la ley repiten el ciclo de la violenciaDominican Republic· 2025-12-10Roberto Santana, the director of Penitentiary and Correctional Services, highlighted the presence of negative influences affecting society.
Advierten “contracultura” e “indecencia monetizada” atentan contra menoresDominican Republic· 2025-12-09Roberto Santana emphasized that the biggest challenge in the penitentiary system is not with adult inmates, but with children and adolescents.
la cárcel es el último lugar adonde debe ir un menor de edadDominican Republic· 2025-12-09
Roberto Santana is the director of the DGSPC who explained the new economic system within the penal facility.
Presos trasladados a Las Parras dejarán de pagar 2,000 pesos por una cama para dormirDominican Republic· 2025-11-24Roberto Santana is the director general of Servicios Penitenciarios y Correccionales (DGSPC) and is involved in the implementation of the new prison model at Las Parras.
un plantel que intenta dejar atrás la corrupción y delincuencia de los presosDominican Republic· 2025-11-23
Roberto Santana is the director general of Servicios Penitenciarios y Correccionales who explained the new security measures in the penitentiary system.
Agentes penitenciarios ni reos podrán ingresar con celularesDominican Republic· 2025-11-22
