Devoto Federal Prison Location in Buenos Aires | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Status | Operational |
| Population | 1800+ |
| Opened | 1927 |
| Managed by | Servicio Penitenciario Federal |
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
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
References
- 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.