News of prisons

'Welcome to hell': Freed migrants tell of horrors in Salvadoran jail

29-07-2025 11:20 One of the detainees was part of Donal Trump's crackdown.

Argentina's prison population grew 3.4% last year, says report

11-02-2025 23:33 PROCUVIN institutional violence office highlights overcrowding at federal penitentiaries; More than 11,600 people now behind bars; “Progressive and sustained” increase over the last five years, warns report.

JUSTICE SYSTEM & PRISONS

Milei slashes budget for legal centres in favour of prison spending

29-06-2024 04:25 Argentina’s Justice Ministry announces closure of 81 Centres of Access to Justice nationwide; Milei government boosts budget for the ‘Criminal Policy’ programme by 963% in move to “modernise Penitentiary Service” and “improve the situation of persons deprived of liberty."

by Agustina Bordigoni

News of prisons

'Welcome to hell': Freed migrants tell of horrors in Salvadoran jail

Argentina's prison population grew 3.4% last year, says report

Milei slashes budget for legal centres in favour of prison spending

Argentina’s peso debt yields soar to record ahead of key auction

Milei’s FX reforms spur worst corporate default wave since 2020

Bolivia's right-wing on cusp of power, in 20-year first

Xi takes aim at US ‘protectionism’ in phone call with Lula

Julio Bitelli: ‘I don’t rule out a Milei-Lula bilateral meeting’

Cristina Kirchner se niega a pagar el decomiso en la causa Vialidad, mientras se acerca el fin del plazo

Quién gana en la provincia de Buenos Aires a menos de un mes de las elecciones legislativas del 7 septiembre

La NASA registró la temperatura más baja de la historia en la Antártida con un récord de -93,2 grados

Calendario lunar de agosto: cuándo termina la luna llena y llega el cuarto menguante

Yapeyú: el lugar donde comenzó la historia de José de San Martín