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Ana Escobar defends decisions amid Department of Corrections controversies

The outgoing secretary shares exclusively what kept her in one of the most complex and controversial agencies in Puerto Rico for 38 years during her four-year term

November 25, 2024 - 10:30 AM

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The Secretary of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Ana Escobar, toured the Educational Institute at the 308 Correctional Complex in Bayamón, after evaluating her time at the institution, a little more than a month after leaving office. (Xavier Araújo)

By Adriana Díaz Tirado

Periodista de Noticiasadriana.diaz@gfrmedia.com

Bayamón - Ana Escobar, outgoing secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DCR), was perhaps the agency head who faced the most pressure to leave her post. First, because of the mysterious circumstances in which Shannel Colón Ponce died while being held in Bayamón prison and, more recently, because of the release from prison of the femicide Hermes Ávila Vázquez.