The Transfer of Prisoners From Devoto to Marcos Paz Began: “I Would Decompress Almost 700 Prisoners,” Said the Chief of Staff From Buenos Aires
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It is time to nap around the last prison in the city of Buenos Aires. The area is completely fenced and guarded by different federal forces. They can barely access neighbors, on foot, and a group of journalists who transmit live news of a historical claim from the neighborhood of Devoto: the eviction of the prison unit, populated by 1,490 inmates. Between Sunday and Monday, the Federal Prison Service transferred at least 426 detainees. The desti…
The operation began with the transfer of 334 detainees and will continue in stages until emptying the prison of Villa Devoto, which has been in operation since 1927. Gabriel Sánchez Zinny, estimated that the process will allow the release of squares in the town halls
The Minister of National Security, Alejandra Monteoliva, and her Buenos Aires partner, Horacio Giménez, will sign the agreement on Thursday.The new Marcos Paz prison has four maximum security units and capacity for 2,240 inmates.
Nation, City and Province of Buenos Aires will coordinate custody of inmates
On the fourth day of operation, the Government completed on Wednesday the transfer of another 292 prisoners from Devoto prison to the Federal Prison Complex of Marcos Paz. There are already 1193 inmates relocated. According to the Ministry of Security, the figure and they add up to 326 prisoners who were relocated on Sunday, 283 on Monday and 292 on Tuesday. In total, more than 79.5% of the prison population, which is around 1,600 detainees, has…
The national government transferred 609 inmates from Villa Devoto prison to the new Federal Penitentiary Complex VIII in Marcos Paz. The operation took place between Sunday 11 and Monday 12 October and represents 40% of the prison population of the Buenos Aires prison. According to the Ministry of National Security, [...]
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