Overuse of Pretrial Detention in tension with Judicial and Prison Reforms in the Dominican Republic

In 2003, the Dominican Republic began to shift towards an adversarial judicial model and has implemented one of the region’s most ambitious reforms to its prison system, based on rehabilitative and human rights principles. Although these reforms have improved prison conditions and trial processes,...

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Main Author: Jennifer Peirce
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Derecho 2020-08-01
Series:Latin American Law Review
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Online Access:https://revistas.uniandes.edu.co/index.php/lar/article/view/4685