[Polítics] The opposition asked to summon the comptroller of the Federal Penitentiary Service to Congress after the riots in two Buenos Aires police stations

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Representatives of Together for Change summoned the current comptroller of the Federal Penitentiary Service, María Laura Garrigós de Rébori, to appear before Congress to give explanations about the reason why she does not receive detainees in the area of the City of Buenos Aires “quickly”. The request comes as a result of the riots that occurred in two Buenos Aires police stations, led by prisoners who demanded their transfer.

“The visit of Dr. Garrigós de Rébori is essential given that the current situation threatens not only the rights of prisoners to remain in a safe environment where their health and integrity are guaranteed, but also puts the safety of prisoners at risk. residents of the City of Buenos Aires”, justified in a document signed by María Graciela Ocaña, Cristian Adrián Ritondo, Paula Oliveto Lago, Gerardo Milman, Pablo Torello and María Luján Rey, among others.

In the arguments, the referents of Together for Change highlighted that “the detainees, unusually, did not demand their freedom, but instead demanded the transfer to the prisons in which they should be. For example, at the 3rd Police Station, at the time of the riot, there were a total of 22 detainees, while there is only room for 11 in said police station. This situation has been denounced on numerous occasions by the Buenos Aires Minister of Security, Marcelo D' Alessandro, who filed a resignation in the Federal Criminal and Correctional Justice for not giving the necessary quotas for the prisoners of the City of Buenos Aires in accordance with the agreement that establishes that the federal prisons must absorb the detainees of the Federal Capital.

They also warned that “currently the Federal Penitentiary Service has 11,490 prisoners housed in all its dependencies, with its maximum capacity for housing being 12,198, that is, it only has 708 places left over. Availability implies an occupation to date of 94.20% and for the SPF authorities, the system is collapsed, when in light of the figures it is not so”.

Last night at Police Station 3A of the City of Buenos Aires, a group of 22 detainees rioted inside a dungeon, demanding to be transferred. The sectional is located at 1958 Lavalle Street, on the border between the Balvanera and Recoleta neighborhoods of Buenos Aires. According to the sources consulted, the specific request of the rioting inmates was that they be transferred to prisons of the Federal Penitentiary Service, which has been experiencing tension for months with the Buenos Aires Ministry that demands quotas to transfer detainees while facing severe overcrowding.
The City Police enters to control the riot
The City Police enters to control the riot

To give force to their request, the leaders of the riot made a partition in the access door with the elements that they had within their reach. They also broke some of the furniture inside the cell and the bathrooms. The goal was to prevent support groups from entering.

The initial versions of the case reported a violent riot, in which they would have even taken hostage and stabbed other cellmates. However, after the rebellion ended, official sources later stated that the Buenos Aires police headquarters was never taken and that the detainees' intention was not to flee. Much less, inmates stabbed. Their only objective was to achieve the transfer, which finally happened, although not to the destination they intended.

 

 

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