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January 17, 2018

Argentina: Prisoners of Buenos Aires Province before a wall of arbitrariness

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South America Access to legal rights Argentina

One of our correspondents, the International Prisons Observatory [“Observatorio Internacional de Prisiones,” or OIP] - Argentina section, recently addressed a letter to the Procurator of Buenos Aires Province to alert him to a series of disturbing observations made of prisons conditions in this pro…

December 30, 2017

Argentina: cómo es un día en el sector de la cárcel de Ezeiza que aloja a los presos por corrupción

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South America Argentina

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October 25, 2017

Argentina : más de 900 presos de distintas cárceles bonaerenses participaron de un torneo de ajedrez

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South America Argentina

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October 22, 2017

Elecciones 2017 : las madres de la cárcel de Ezeiza que votaron junto a sus hijos

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Argentina

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October 3, 2017

Argentina : autorizan a los presos a instalar piletas de lona en las cárceles

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South America Argentina

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October 1, 2017

Argentina : el servicio penitenciario "gobierna el sistema a través de la violencia"

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South America Violence Argentina

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September 23, 2017

Argentina : Atrapamuros, la revista sobre cárceles y testimonios del encierro recibió un importante reconocimiento

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South America Argentina

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September 22, 2017

Argentina : con cifras escalofriantes, la CPM presentó su informe anual sobre las cárceles y comisarias bonaerenses

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South America Argentina

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September 21, 2017

Argentina : según la CPM, cada semana mueren tres presos en las cárceles de la provincia

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South America Argentina

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September 9, 2017

Argentina : denunciaron al menos 343 maltratos y torturas en cárceles federales en el primer semestre de 2017

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South America Torture Argentina

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September 9, 2017

Argentina : admitieron hábeas corpus para presos alojados en cárceles del sur provincial

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South America Argentina

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September 1, 2017

Argentina: over five hundred prisoners on hunger strike call for justice

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South America Argentina

Five hundred prisoners, from Villa Urquiza prison (province of Tucumán), decided to go on a hunger strike on August 23. They were joined, on August 30, by 54 new strikers from Concepción prison, located in the south of the province.

August 25, 2017

Argentine: el nuevo Código Procesal Penal y las cárceles en Tucumán

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South America Argentina

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July 21, 2017

Argentina: denunciaron al Servicio Penitenciario Bonaerense por muerte y represión

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South America Violence Argentina

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July 20, 2017

Argentina: piden remediar el riesgo sanitario por los desechos cloacales de dos cárceles

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South America Argentina

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July 12, 2017

Argentina : la Suprema Corte apura al gobierno bonaerense para que mejore las cárceles y las comisarías

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South America Argentina

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July 10, 2017

Argentina : exponen ante la CIDH la crítica situación de las condiciones de encierro en cárceles provinciales

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South America Argentina

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July 9, 2017

Argentina : los institutos de menores “a veces son peores que las mismas cárceles”

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South America Argentina

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July 8, 2017

Argentina : abrir otras puertas

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South America Argentina

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June 27, 2017

Argentina : hubo 673 casos de torturas en cárceles y comisarías bonaerenses durante 2016

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South America Torture Argentina

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May 7, 2017

Argentina: "Recurren a la CIDH para que el Estado 'se abstenga' de aplicar el fallo de la Corte que beneficia a represores"

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South America Argentina

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May 5, 2017

Argentina: "Explotación a los presos en el Servicio Penitencial Bonaerense"

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South America Argentina

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April 30, 2017

L’Argentine lance un vaste chantier pour augmenter les places de prison

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South America Argentina

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March 3, 2017

Argentine : sept détenus brûlés dans une mutinerie

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South America Protest Violence Argentina

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