Argentina
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Argentina: prison population hits new high amid chronic overcrowding
Prison population grew 7.1% in 2024, with property crimes and short sentences driving overcrowding; five provinces exceed the national incarceration average, authorities warn that tougher laws and short sentences are fuelling sustained rise in numbers.
Argentina: prison population grew 3.4% last year, says government report
A total of 11,696 people were detained in federal prisons nationwide at the end of 2024, with overcrowding placed at 6.3 percent, revealed the Procuraduría de Violencia Institucional (Prosecutor’s Office for Institutional Violence, PROCUVIN) in its annual report.
Argentina: El Gobierno respondió al informe sobre la situación de los detenidos en comisarías
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Argentina: el papa Francisco criticó “el deterioro de las condiciones de detención”
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Argentina: debate por mejorar las condiciones en cárceles y alcaidías bonaerenses
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Argentina: elaboración de un informe sobre las condiciones de detención en Entre Ríos
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Argentina: debaten habeas corpus en audiencia tras denuncia de irregularidades en la cárcel de Mujeres
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Argentina: agravamiento de las condiciones de detención en la Unidad 32 de Florencio Varela
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Argentina: una mujer trans murió por falta de atención médica en una cárcel
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Argentina: récord de detenidos en la carcel de Buenos Aires
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Argentina: proponen prohibir celulares en cárceles de Santa Fe: "El 80% de las balaceras salen de ahí"
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Argentina: en las cárceles de PBA más de 5.200 internos se sumaron a los pabellones literarios
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Argentina: un centenar de personas de 18 cárceles crearon un mural móvil contra el trabajo infantil
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Argentina: "Aunque ellas estén afuera, las cárceles están sostenidas por mujeres"
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Argentina : Siguen las advertencias por pésimas condiciones en comisarías y cárceles
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Argentina: Una red para encontrar empleo tras pasar por la cárcel
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Argentina: El Gobierno lanza un plan para tener Internet en las cárceles y la oposición salió a cuestionarlo
Es un gasto de $ 1.000 millones para que los presos puedan participar de audiencias con la Justicia y tener contacto con familiares y allegados“. Para dirigentes anti K, debería invertirse en escuelas.Argentina: Jornadas sobre violencia de género en las cárceles del Complejo Centro Zona Sur
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Argentina: "Tu vida vale dos pastillas": amenazaron a una funcionaria que investiga a agentes del SPB
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