Testimonial

Argentina: neglected prisons

A number of human rights defence organisations have, on several occasions, protested about the appalling sanitary conditions in the Marco Paz state prison in Argentina. Thier efforts have, however, been in vain.

A recent detainee sent photographs to the Argentine section of the International Prison Observatory on May 5, 2019, which showed the deplorable detention conditions in Los Olmos and Marco Paz prisons. Graciela Dubrez, our correspondent in the organisation, has added comments to these as follows: