July 27, 2020.
On Friday, July 24, the PPN participated in a new regional meeting of National Mechanisms for the Prevention of Torture, organized by The Office of the High Commissioner for South America.
July 29, 2020.
This July 29, the Prison Ombudsman’s National Office celebrates its 27 years in office. Since its creation in 1993, the institution has been of great relevance for the modification of the prison situation in Argentina due to its commitment to the human rights of persons deprived of liberty.
July 29, 2020.
On July 28, an inter-institutional meeting organized by the National Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CNPT) was held through a videoconference. There, the experience that has been carried out in the Batán prison since 2019 was discussed.
July 31, 2020.
In the framework of the II American Congress of Mediation, the panel of "Dialogues in Penitentiary Establishments" was presented on July 30, a space where various experiences were discussed regarding the use of mediation techniques and tools to facilitate dialogue and preventive mediation in prisons.
August 04, 2020.
The IACHR and the UN ask for explanations for the federal justice decision to order solitary confinement for indefinite periods of detainees.
June 16, 2020.
On June 11, the PPN carried out routine monitoring in the XII of Capital Federal Prison Wardens with the objective of releasing the conditions of detention and the sanitary measures adopted due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
June 08, 2020.
Within the framework of the “Monitoring Plan in the context of COVID-19” recently approved by the National Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CNPT for its acronym in Spanish), the PPN participated in two inspections carried out in federal prison complexes I and II.
June 04, 2020.
It was in the framework of a resolution of that Chamber before the request for house arrest in favor of a detainee with health problems, which had been rejected by a Federal Court. The Prison Ombudsman’s National Office presented itself as "Friend of the Court".
June 02, 2020.
The Prison Ombudsman’s National Office issued a new Recommendation for the installation of telephone lines enabled to receive calls in all accommodation sectors of the Federal Penitentiary Service.
May 28, 2020.
The Gender and Sexual Diversity Team of the PPN participated in a virtual conversation on the problems of pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum in a context of confinement organized by the Ministry of Women, Gender and Diversity.
May 27, 2020.
The Gender and Sexual Diversity Team of the PPN, together with the Corpora en Libertad Network, presents a new report that exposes the situation of LGTBQI + people deprived of their liberty, analyzing the harmful effects of the pandemic COVID-19.
May 26, 2020.
The PPN appeared as an amicus curiae before the court to request the house arrest of one of the persons deprived of liberty who received a lead bullet wound. The event took place during the protest in the Devoto prison on April 24.