April 8, 2020.
The Prison Ombudsman’s National Office issued a note addressed to the President of the Federal Chamber of Criminal Cassation to request the extent of action criteria in the face of the sanitary and penitentiary emergency.
April 08, 2020.
This week the magazine of the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights (IIDH for its acronym in Spanish) included in its 70th edition a section on the work of the PPN.
April 7, 2020.
The Prison Ombudsman National Office made a series of recommendations to the Federal Penitentiary Service and to the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights of the Nation. They contain specific measures to take in the face of the COVID-19 coronavirus.
April 07, 2020.
This year the World Health Organization (WHO) will commemorate the work of nursing and midwifery personnel to remind world leaders of their essential contribution.
April 02, 2020.
The Gender and Sexual Diversity Team of the Prison Ombudsman National Office together with other regional organizations presented a new report that investigates the living conditions of trans women and cross-dressers deprived of liberty.
April 1, 2020.
Members of the Prison Ombudsman National Office made a tour at the headquarters of the Center of Infringers of the Police of the City of Buenos Aires. This included participating in an informative talk on the state of the city's city hall.
March 30, 2020.
The Prison Ombudsman issued a new recommendation addressed to the Nation's Minister of Justice and Human Rights with the aim of arbitrating the necessary means to regulate the possession, carrying and use of mobile devices of detainees within the Federal Penitentiary Service, as a palliative measure while the restrictions and suspensions of visits by COVID-19 last.
March 28, 2020.
The Prison Ombudsman, Dr. Francisco Mugnolo, issued a new recommendation for the adoption of specific action measures in all federal penitentiary establishments in the face of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID19) within the framework of preventive and compulsory social isolation. The document was addressed to all the competent authorities.
March 25, 2020.
In the context of a health emergency ordered by the national government, the Prison Ombudsman established a work regime through which the PPN guarantees coverage of the tasks carried out and thus preserve the access of detained persons to the care of their rights and specific needs.
March 18, 2020.
Within the framework of the Fourth National Open Government Action Plan, the PPN will carry out a survey of the penitentiary centers dependent on the Federal Penitentiary Service. The objective is to account for the living conditions of people deprived of liberty.
March 24, 2020.
44 years ago, the last civic-military dictatorship began. On this date, the Prison Ombudsman’s National Office joins as every year the claim for Memory, Truth and Justice.
March 18, 2020.
The Prison Ombudsman Francisco Mugnolo, recommended the development of a protocol for the prevention of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in order to assess the health and protection of detainees. He requested the prison authorities to take the corresponding hygiene and sanitation measures in the different detention facilities. The proposal joins the recently agreement upon by the Federal Criminal Cassation Chamber.