Comisión de Seguridad Pública y Asuntos del Veterano Rs 99 5 de agosto de 2021

Comisión de Seguridad Pública y Asuntos del Veterano, Senado de Puerto Rico · August 5, 2021

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Call to order; introduction of resolution

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Senator Henry Newman Sayas, president of the committee, opens the hearing at 10:00 a.m., introduces Senate Resolution No. 99 (his authorship) to study public-safety issues in Puerto Rico and explains the committee's investigatory remit for deaths in correctional facilities.

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The Senate Committee on Public Safety and Veterans Affairs held a public hearing on Aug. 5, 2021, to review Senate Resolution No. 99 and probe a rise in inmate deaths in Puerto Rico correctional institutions. Department of Correction and Rehabilitation Secretary Ana Escobar Pavón described protocols, statistics and measures; senators pressed on fentanyl, contraband (including drones), staffing, treatment capacity and a recent inmate suicide.

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