Puerto Rico proposes transporting 3,200 inmates to prisons on U.S. mainland

Edited by Pavel Jacomino
2018-08-13 15:16:57

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Puerto Rican prisoners could be transferred to U.S. prisons. Photo: Reuters

San Juan, August 13 (RHC)-- Puerto Rico is planning to transport 3,200 prisoners to private prisons on the U.S. mainland, thousands of miles away from their families on the island.  The proposal is part of a slew of austerity measures being pushed by Puerto Rico’s unelected fiscal control board in the wake of Hurricane Maria. 

Officials say the plan will save Puerto Rico $400 million over four years.  But prisoners are opposed to the plan, saying it will make it next to impossible for them to receive visits from their family members. 

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