Transition committee: Missing data, costly contracts and health gaps leave Puerto Rico corrections 'flying blind'
Committee reviewing the Department of Correction and Rehabilitation found numerous outdated or missing statistical reports, questioned use of ARPA and FEMA funds for recurring pay items, flagged a private-guard contract billing with no inmates, and raised health and oversight concerns including opioid deaths and the Hermes Ávila Vázquez case.
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A transition committee reviewing Puerto Rico’s Department of Correction and Rehabilitation told the agency on Nov. 25 that critical data needed to evaluate prison operations, rehabilitation and public-safety outcomes are missing or years out of date, leaving the incoming administration and lawmakers without the evidence needed to plan policy or budget priorities.
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