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The Puerto Rico Department of Correction and Rehabilitation (Departamento de Corrección y Rehabilitación de Puerto Rico) is the law enforcement executive department of the government responsible for structuring, developing, and coordinating the public policies in Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the U.S.
The Secretary of Corrections and Rehabilitation of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Secretario de Corrección y Rehabilitación de Puerto Rico) is responsible for structuring, developing, and coordinating the public policies of Puerto Rico over its correctional system and the rehabilitation of its adult and young population.
The Guerrero Correctional Institution (Institución Correccional Guerrero) is a prison for men located in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, owned and operated by the Puerto Rico Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. With a stated capacity of 944 inmates, it's among the three largest prisons in the territory. [1]
Law enforcement in Puerto Rico is one of three major components of the criminal justice system of Puerto Rico, along with courts and corrections.Although there exists an inherent interrelatedness between the different groups that make up the criminal justice system based on their crime deterrence purpose, each component operates independently from one another.
MDC Guaynabo is located next to Fort Buchanan U.S. Army base, [1] and is 6 miles (9.7 km) west of San Juan, the capital of Puerto Rico. [2] In the wake of the destruction of Hurricane Maria in September 2017, some 1200 federal prisoners were transferred from Guaynabo to the Federal Correctional Institution, Yazoo City in Mississippi. [3]
Pages in category "Prisons in Puerto Rico" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. ... Puerto Rico Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation ...
Northern Marianas Department of Corrections; Puerto Rico Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation; United States Virgin Islands Department of Justice; See also
The institution opened in 1933 [2] under the government of James R. Beverley, and came to substitute the Puerto Rico Prison established by Spaniards in the 19th century.. On April 17, 1991, a spectacular escape occurred which involved landing a helicopter in the prison, and some inmates escaped.