US Edition‘No Justification for Privilege’: Chile Shuts Down Special Prison for Pinochet-Era Criminals
- President Gabriel Boric announced on June 2, 2025, that Chile will convert Punta Peuco prison, north of Santiago, into a common penitentiary.
- This decision follows ongoing calls and a 2018 order by former President Michelle Bachelet to close Punta Peuco, which houses military dictatorship inmates.
- Punta Peuco currently houses around 100 individuals found guilty of crimes against humanity committed under Augusto Pinochet’s 1973-1990 military regime and provides them with more favorable living conditions.
- Boric announced that the prison will be converted into a standard facility where inmates can be separated based on the guidelines set by the gendarmerie.
- The conversion reflects efforts to end privileges for these inmates and suggests integration into standard facilities under the national prison service's rules.
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AlKhaleej Today‘No justification for privilege’: Chile shuts down special prison for Pinochet-era criminals
SANTIAGO, June 2 — Chilean President Gabriel Boric announced Sunday that a prison housing inmates convicted of human rights abuses during the 1973-1990 military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet will be converted to a common penitentiary. The Punta Peuco facility north of capital Santiago holds about 100 former military dictatorship personnel who committed crimes against humanity and other rights violations, but live out their days in better cond…
President Gabriel Boric announced in his Public Account 2025 that the Punta Peuco compound in the Metropolitan region will be transformed into a “common and ordinary” prison, which caused some to remember Michelle Bachelet’s unsuccessful closure of the prison in 2018. It should be recalled that we are talking about Punta Peuco, which currently houses prisoners for human rights violations during the 1973-1990 military dictatorship. Read also...
“This decision violates constitutional guarantees such as the right to life and the physical and psychological integrity of prisoners,” the jurist denounced.
One of the main announcements that the president of Chile, Gabriel Boric, delivered in his last Public Account this Sunday in the National Congress, and in the final part of his speech, was the transformation of the special prison in Punta Peuco, where more than 130 ex-uniforms sentenced for human rights violations during Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship (1973-1990), are serving a common prison.
Director, In the recent account of the country, President Boric announced that the CCP of Punta Peuco would become a common prison, which in practice - according to him - means to remove the supposed “privilege” that has accompanied this prison for years, handing over to the Gendarmerie of Chile what concerns the administration of the new segregation that would be subjected to that prison. This controversial decision deserves a special analysis.…
The Minister of Justice, Jaime Gajardo, announced the new name that will have the prison of Punta Peuco, after President Gabriel Boric announced that said prison will become a common establishment. He made it known in a conversation with 24 Hours, explaining that what will be done is [...] The entry Minister of Justice announces new name of Punta Peuco was first published in INFOGATE.
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