April 24, 2020.
During the afternoon of April 24, 2020, a meeting was held in the Chapel of the Devoto Prison (CPF CABA) between representatives of the housing units that staged the protest that is in the public domain, officials of the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights of the Nation, from the Federal Penitentiary Service, the Prison Ombudsman’s National Office, the National Committee for the Prevention of Torture and the Civil Association of Family Members of Detainees (ACIFAD for its acronym in Spanish).
April 21, 2020.
Members of the PPN participated in a video conference with the Minister of Justice and Human Rights, Marcela Losardo. During the call, the situation of federal prisons in the face of the health emergency as a consequence of the global pandemic was evaluated.
April 21, 2020.
The Prison Ombudsman’s National Office participated in a videoconference as a member of the National Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CNPT for its acronym in Spanish) and the Interinstitutional System for the Control of Prisons (SICC for its acronym in Spanish). The objective of the meeting was to join efforts to prevent and control the expansion of COVID-19 in detention centers.
April 17, 2020.
The Prison Ombudsman’s National Office presents an Orientation Guide with available resources during social, preventive and compulsory isolation aimed at people who got release from the Federal Penitentiary Service and for their families.
April 14, 2020.
After presenting the report “Trans women deprived of liberty. Invisible stories behind bars”, different Latin American organizations and the PPN participated in a virtual conference on April 3rd.
April 16, 2020.
As a consequence of the sanitary and penitentiary emergency, the Prison Ombudsman Francisco Mugnolo made a request to the General Prosecutor of the Nation Eduardo Casal to define criteria for action in penitentiary establishments and instruct prosecutors to review criminal cases within the framework of the Agreed No. 9/20 of the Federal Chamber of Criminal Cassation.
April 15, 2020.
On April 14, the regional meeting between national and local torture prevention mechanisms was held. The PPN was part of the discussion table with the representation of Andrea Triolo and Mariana Sheehan.
April 14, 2020.
In response to requests from the PPN and the Official Public Defender, the Federal Chamber of Criminal Cassation presented an agreement with rules and recommendations in the framework of the COVID-19 pandemic.
March 09, 2020.
The Delegate of Non-Penitentiary Centers on the Northern Border, Oscar Zacoutegui, presented a collective habeas corpus in favor of twenty-six people detained in a cell with capacity for eight. The Federal Court of Paso de los Libres partially granted this action.
February 27, 2020.
The Prison Ombudsman’s National Office and the Human Rights Observatory of the University Extension Secretariat of the National University of Córdoba (UNC) organize the diploma course "Human Rights and confinement contexts".
February 18, 2020.
On February 12, a meeting was held in Module III of the Ezeiza prison in which the detainees and members of judicial and human rights organizations participated to discuss the conditions of detention.
February 18, 2020.
The Department of Investigation of the Prison Ombudsman’s National Office published the fourth report on the evolution of persons deprived of liberty in the Federal Penitentiary Service with penalties of up to 36 months.