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| Puerto Rico Corrections Dept. Reports 106 Jail Breaks Since July |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 06/10/2003 |
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There have been 106 jail breaks in Puerto Rico since the fiscal year began last July and more than two dozen escaped inmates remain at large, officials said. Authorities have recaptured 81 inmates, Corrections Secretary Miguel Pereira said in a statement Saturday. However, Pereira did not identify the level of risk the remaining 25 pose to the public or what they were in prison for. Figures for the previous year were not immediately available. Puerto Rico's prisons have faced criticism for regular escapes. On Dec. 30, five convicted murders used a hijacked helicopter in a daring escape from a prison in south-coast Ponce. All were recaptured by late January. The U.S. Caribbean territory's 51 correctional facilities have room for 17,000 prisoners and currently hold about 15,000, officials said. |
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