Institutional Information
The Prison Ombudsman’s Office (Procuración Penitenciaria de la Nación, PPN) is an independent and autarchical Argentine public authority operating within the scope of the Legislative Branch. Its mission is to protect the human rights of persons deprived of liberty in facilities such as prisons, town halls, police stations, institutions and gendarmerie sites. In addition, it protects the rights of persons prosecuted and sentenced by the federal justice system who are held in provincial facilities.
¨Defending prisoners human rights¨
Institutional Information
The Prison Ombudsman’s Office (Procuración Penitenciaria de la Nación, PPN) is an independent and autarchical Argentine public authority operating within the scope of the Legislative Branch. Its mission is to protect the human rights of persons deprived of liberty in facilities such as prisons, town halls, police stations, institutions and gendarmerie sites. In addition, it protects the rights of persons prosecuted and sentenced by the federal justice system who are held in provincial facilities.
¨Defending prisoners human rights¨