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The Puerto Rico Department of Justice (PR DOJ) (Spanish: Departamento de Justicia de Puerto Rico) is the Executive Department of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico responsible for the enforcement of the local law in the commonwealth and the administration of justice. The Department is equivalent to the State Bureau of Investigation in many US states.
In March 2012, Puerto Rico contracted with Corrections Corporation of America to send as many as 480 inmates to CCA's Cimarron Correctional Facility near Cushing, Oklahoma. [14] The three-year contract was brought to a premature close in June 2013 after unit-wide fights and "disruptive events", with the inmates sent home.
The Puerto Rico Ombudsman (In Spanish also Procurador(a) del Ciudadano) is a government position created by statute in 1977 during the administration of Governor Carlos Romero Barceló to provide citizens with an office that could receive and investigate complaints regarding the proper functioning of government agencies and the level of service to the public.
The Puerto Rico Commission on Safety and Public Protection (Spanish: Comisión de Seguridad y Protección Pública) is the government agency of the executive branch of the government of Puerto Rico that coordinates, manages, and oversees all the public safety agencies and related private organizations in Puerto Rico.
El Día: decano de la prensa de Puerto Rico [276] [477] Ponce [478] 1911 (May 2) [479] [467] 1970 [480] Archivo Histórico Municipal de Ponce (entire printed collection) [481] This paper was the successor of El Diario de Puerto Rico (1909–1911); Eugenio Astol, director; Guillermo Vivas Valdivieso become its director in 1928. [482]
The Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) and the Alliance, appeal to the Court of First Instance of San Juan to review the decision of the State Electoral Commission (CEE). [21] On December 18, 2024, the PPD announced that it would contest the results of the mail-in ballot before the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico. [22]
Under the Constitution of Puerto Rico, adopted in 1952, the office of Attorney General was renamed to Secretary of Justice. The secretary is appointed by the Governor of Puerto Rico and confirmed by the Senate of Puerto Rico. [2] 1952: Víctor Gutiérrez Franqui; 1953–1957: José Trías Monge; 1957–1958: Juan B. Fernandez-Badillo
The Puerto Rico Department of Public Safety (PR DPS) (Spanish: Departamento de Seguridad Pública de Puerto Rico) is the umbrella organization within the Executive branch of Puerto Rico that agglomerates the Puerto Rico Law Enforcement and Emergency Response agencies in the U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.