Crimes against Humanity: Concern about the Rise of Home Prisons

The Ministry of Human Rights of the Nation relieved the infrastructure and care available to prisoners for crimes of State terrorism in penal units 34 of Campo de Mayo and 31 of Ezeiza. According to the report carried out by this body, it was found that the units “have adequate conditions to house elderly people there, even with health problems.” The report was carried out by the Secretariat of Human Rights of the Nation for the “worrying increase in home prisons and conditional freedoms ordered by the Federal Justice to prosecuted and convicted of crimes against humanity.” It was carried out on Unit 31 of the Federal Penitentiary Complex I of Ezeiza and Unit 34 of the Federal Penal Institute Campo de Mayo, because it is there where the largest number of detainees for crimes against humanity is concentrated.

Ambulance on call that operates 24 hours a day in the penitentiary unit

The main conclusions of this report detail that the units have doctors and an exclusive ambulance available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, in turn, they have a dental office, therapeutic accompaniment and clinical care. Likewise, all are vaccinated with three doses against Covid-19.De this way, the health program that is developed within the penal units 34 of Campo de Mayo and 31 of Ezeiza is designed for the elderly and “the conditions of habitability are met. Its dimensions, distributions and materialities are adequate and the conditions of maintenance and cleanliness are remarkable,” the report concludes. The report was sent to federal courts and prosecutors’ offices to be taken into account when deciding on requests for house arrest or parole, since this type of crime represents serious violations of human rights, so the “sentences must be served effectively and completely as part of the reparation to the victims and society.” details the secretariat.

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