April 22, 2021.
By rejecting an appeal filed by the Federal Penitentiary Service, the CSJN confirmed a ruling that obliges the prison administration to pay detainees for hours not worked for justified reasons.
April 28, 2021.
From this institution we celebrate with great joy the appointment of Andrea Casamento to the United Nations Subcommittee for the Prevention of Torture (SPT). We consider that it is a deserved recognition of the sustained trajectory in order to guarantee and expand the rights of the people who are affected by prison.
May 01, 2021.
On this date, the Prison Ombudsman's National Office emphatically emphasizes respect for the right to work in confinement contexts. This body highlights the importance that persons deprived of liberty have access to a paid occupation and that said activity is carried out in compliance with labor and social security legislation.
April 29, 2021.
Next Friday, April 30 at 2:00 p.m. the virtual launch of a new stage of the Micaela Law will take place. This law, named in commemoration of Micaela García, a 21-year-old young woman from Entre Ríos, a victim of femicide, was enacted on January 10, 2019 establishing at its bases mandatory training in gender and gender violence for all people who work in the public function, in the Executive, Legislative and Judicial powers of the Nation.
April 30, 2021.
The meeting, held virtually, was arranged by the Federal Court of Appeals of Comodoro Rivadavia to analyze the situation of the transfer of persons deprived of liberty and the state of medical care in Unit No. 6 of Rawson.
May 03, 2021.
The Prison Ombudsman's National Office and the National Institute of Human Rights of Chile held a new virtual working day.
May 06, 2021.
The Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, dismissed an appeal filed by the Federal Penitentiary Service, thus confirming a sentence that recognizes broad labor rights for persons deprived of liberty.
May 08, 2021.
Eight years ago, law 26,811 was enacted and promulgated to commemorate the national day for the fight against institutional violence. The date was selected to commemorate the Budge massacre, in which three young men were killed by Buenos Aires Police officers in 1987.
May 11, 2021.
The Prison Ombudsman's National Office appeared as Amicus Curiae in the process of conditional release of a person deprived of liberty in the Federal Penitentiary Complex II and the court resolved favorably. The request was due to his delicate state of health.
May 14, 2021.
Tomorrow the extension diploma of the National University of Mar del Plata will begin virtually: "Models and Practices of self-management, care logics and restorative justice in the context of confinement".
May 14, 2021.
The United Nations commemorates the International Day of Families every May 15 to recognize, identify and analyze social, economic and demographic issues that affect their development.
May 14, 2021.
Three agents of the Córdoba Penitentiary Service were sentenced to three years in suspended prison and six years of disqualification from holding public office for illegal coercion of prisoners under federal jurisdiction.