Inside Najayo prison
- 1/23
Prisoners work in the tailor's room of the old wing of the Najayo prison which is being renovated in San Cristobal
REUTERS - 2/23
A prisoner washes himself in the old wing of the Najayo prison which is being renovated in San Cristobal
REUTERS - 3/23
Prisoners line up for a meal in the renovated wing of the Najayo prison in San Cristobal
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- 4/23
A prisoner shaves a fellow inmate in the old wing of the Najayo prison which is being renovated in San Cristobal
REUTERS - 5/23
Prisoners spend time in the renovated wing of the Najayo prison in San Cristobal
REUTERS - 6/23
Prisoners cook in the old wing of the Najayo prison which is being renovated in San Cristobal
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- 7/23
Prisoners participate in a cultural event inside the renovated wing of the Najayo women's prison in San Cristobal
REUTERS - 8/23
A prisoner studies in her cell inside the renovated wing of the Najayo Women's prison in San Cristobal
REUTERS - 9/23
Prisoners are seen in their cell inside the renovated wing of the Najayo women's prison in San Cristobal
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- 10/23
A prisoner paints her cell inside the renovated wing of the Najayo women's prison in San Cristobal
REUTERS - 11/23
Prisoners walk to the dinner hall inside the renovated wing of the Najayo women's prison in San Cristobal
REUTERS - 12/23
Prisoners study inside the renovated wing of the Najayo women's prison in San Cristobal
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- 13/23
A prisoner studies maths with a teacher inside the renovated wing of the Najayo women's prison in San Cristobal
REUTERS - 14/23
Prisoners play dominoes in the yard of the renovated wing of the Najayo Women's prison in San Cristobal
REUTERS - 15/23
Prisoners learn makeup techniques inside the renovated wing of the Najayo women's prison in San Cristobal
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- 16/23
Prisoners play volleyball in the yard of the renovated wing of the Najayo Women's prison in San Cristobal
REUTERS - 17/23
A prisoner reads the Bible in the old wing of the Najayo prison in San Cristobal
REUTERS - 18/23
A prisoner studies law inside the renovated wing of the Najayo women's prison in San Cristobal
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- 19/23
Prisoners play dominoes inside the older wing of the Najayo prison in San Cristobal
REUTERS - 20/23
Prisoners paint their cell inside the renovated wing of the Najayo women's prison in San Cristobal
REUTERS - 21/23
Prisoners attend a prayer session inside the new wing of the Najayo prison in San Cristobal
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- 22/23
Prisoners study inside the renovated wing of the Najayo women's prison in San Cristobal
REUTERS - 23/23
A prisoner sits in her cell inside the renovated wing of the Najayo women's prison in San Cristobal
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The transformation of Najayo prison, long a symbol of the overcrowding and corruption that plagues Latin American jails, is part of a dramatic overhaul that has reshaped the Dominican Republic’s penitentiary system.
Ten years after the country opened its first prison designed with a focus on education and clean living conditions and staffed by graduates from a newly created academy for penitentiary studies, the New Model of Prison Management is gaining recognition from other countries in the region trying to reduce prison populations and cut recidivism rates.