Federal_Correctional_Complex_of_the_Autonomous_City_of_Buenos_Aires

Federal Correctional Complex of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires

Federal Correctional Complex of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires

Prison in Buenos Aires, Argentina

The Devoto prison (Spanish: Cárcel de Devoto), officially named "Complejo Penitenciario Federal de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires" was built in 1927 as a medium-security prison and managed by the Policia Federal Argentina. In 1978 a prison riot broke out, referred to as the "Motín de los colchones", which ended with 60 deaths and 85 injuries.[1]

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President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced in 2011 that the prison would be shut down and the prisoners transferred to a new complex in Mercedes, Buenos Aires. As of 2020, the Devoto prison remains fully operational with less than 8% of the inmates transferred to other prisons. Plans for the Mercedes complex were scrapped in 2018 and another in Marcos Paz, Buenos Aires announced instead.[1]

References

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    Sol Amaya (May 12, 2018). "El traslado de la cárcel de Devoto: las obras comenzarán en agosto y concluirán en 2020" [The move of the Devoto prison: the works will start in August and end in 2020] (in Spanish). La Nacion. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
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