News of prison

Argentina’s prison population hits new high amid chronic overcrowding

26-01-2026 19:21 Prison population grew 7.1% in 2024, with property crimes and short sentences driving overcrowding; Five provinces exceed the national incarceration average, authorities warn that tougher laws and short sentences are fuelling sustained rise in numbers.

CRISTINA & THE COURTS

Court says Fernández de Kirchner’s allies need authorisation to visit

26-06-2025 19:05 Kirchnerite legislators must seek authorisation from defence lawyers to visit Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in house arrest, rules court.

POLITICS

Fernández de Kirchner claims police are attempting to provoke supporters

20-06-2025 22:47 Former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, confined to house arrest as she serves a six-year jail term, urges supporters not to gather as police deploy near her apartment.

CRISTINA & THE COURTS

Cristina, wherefore art thou? Argentina on (permanent) CFK balcony watch

19-06-2025 21:41 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner will be allowed to go out onto the balcony of her apartment while serving house arrest for corruption, the court enforcing the sentence confirmed on Thursday.

CFK GRAFT CONVICTION

'We will return,' Fernández de Kirchner tells crowd in Plaza de Mayo

18-06-2025 17:08 Former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner told her followers in the Plaza de Mayo on Wednesday that "we will return" as she began her first full day in detention.

'Vialidad' corruption case

House arrest for CFK – 10 keys from the court ruling

18-06-2025 16:51 Key points from the resolution authorising Cristina Fernández de Kirchner to serve out her six-year prison sentence at home in the Constitución neighbourhood of Buenos Aires.

'ARGENTINA WITH CRISTINA'

Tens of thousands rally in support of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

18-06-2025 16:02 Peronist, Kirchnerite groups rally for 'Argentina with Cristina' march; Mass protest outside Government House follows Supreme Court ruling confirming corruption sentence.

'ARGENTINA WITH CRISTINA'

Fernández de Kirchner’s supporters march in Buenos Aires

18-06-2025 13:31 Protesters denounce conviction ordering former president to serve six-year jail term and enforcing lifetime ban on public office; Former president granted house arrest by courts.

CRISTINA & THE COURTS

Fernández de Kirchner granted house arrest, claims lawyer

17-06-2025 14:18 Lawyer Gregorio Dalbón says former president has been granted permission to serve her six-year jail term for corruption at her residence in Buenos Aires, despite the objections of prosecutors.

CRISTINA & THE COURTS

Fernández de Kirchner to present herself before courts on Wednesday

13-06-2025 11:17 Ex-president confirms in social media posts she will appear at the Comodoro Py federal courthouse on Wednesday; She says she will do this to “comply with the law” and states house arrest “is not a privilege,” highlighting security concerns.

CRISTINA & THE COURTS

Prosecutor asks Supreme Court to double CFK prison term

15-05-2025 16:38 Attorney General Eduardo Casal urges Supreme Court to double jail term handed down to former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner for corruption offences.

PRISON POPULATION

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.

INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMACY

El Salvador offers to jail US citizens, Rubio says

04-02-2025 11:38 Marco Rubio says he is "profoundly grateful" to El Salvador for its unprecedented offer to jail US detainees in Latin America's largest prison.

POLITICS IN UNITED STATES

Trump says US will detain 30,000 migrants in Guantánamo

30-01-2025 09:30 US President Donald Trump announces that the United States will hold some 30,000 "criminal illegal aliens" at the notorious Guantánamo military detention facility in Cuba as part of his administration's crackdown on illegal immigration.

Human Rights

'No way out': Grim conditions in El Salvador's mega-prison

29-01-2025 14:17 The largest prison in Latin America and emblem of the war against gangs in El Salvador celebrates two years since it was inaugurated under conditions that rights groups call inhumane. Along with Milei's support, Argentina Security Minister Patricia Bullrich considers President Nayib Bukele's approach as a model for state security.

CRISTINA & THE COURTS

Court upholds Fernández de Kirchner’s graft conviction, sentence

13-11-2024 12:04 Court upholds former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s conviction on corruption charges; Also confirms six-years prison sentence and lifetime ban from public office; Partido Justicialista leader will likely challenge ruling before the Supreme Court.

SOCIETY

Number of inmates jailed at Argentina’s federal prisons on the rise

16-10-2024 12:37 Prisoners held in Argentina’s federal jails increased in the third quarter of 2024, rising 0.9% from previous year.

SOCIETY

Incarcerated reap benefits of in-prison university education scheme

31-08-2024 06:08 University education programmes in prisons deliver inmates a brighter future and help reduce recidivism. Journalist Jesús Cabral is just one who has reaped the rewards of the innovative CUSAM in-prison education project. “I’ve had many moments of crisis since I got out, but I haven’t reofferend,” he explains.

by Josefina Salomon

LA LIBERTAD AVANZA IN CRISIS

Arrieta jumps ship after leaking bills to free dictatorship criminals

28-08-2024 23:56 Amid controversy within La Libertad Avanza over the visit of pro-government deputies to criminals convicted for crimes against humanity at Ezeiza Prison, national deputy leaks draft bills and decree that aim to force through their release.

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

PROTESTS IN POSADAS

Police protest lifted after pay deal, two weeks of tension in Misiones ends

29-05-2024 10:40 After 13 days of tension and demonstrations in Posadas, Misiones police seal pay deal with provincial government and lift protest.

CRIME & SECURITY

Prison breaks in Buenos Aires: 19 inmates escape in 20 days, many convicts at large

23-04-2024 16:04 Fugitives on the run in Argentina – overcrowding at police stations in and across the capital allows detainees to escape from jail.

CRIME & SECURITY

Santa Fe governor orders Bukele-style tactics for narcos in Rosario

11-03-2024 12:53 Santa Fe Province Governor Maximiliano Pullaro is angering narco bosses with his Bukele-style approach to tackling drug violence in dangerous Rosario.

Russian opposition leader

Navalny's widow vows to take up the fight for Russia's 'freedom'

20-02-2024 13:24 Yulia Navalnaya on Monday vowed to continue her husband Alexei Navalny's fight after his death in a Russian prison last week, for which she blamed the Kremlin.

Death of Russian Activist

Top Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny dies in prison

16-02-2024 14:09 Alexei Navalny, the Kremlin's most prominent critic, died on Friday in an Arctic prison; Protests begin as Western officials blame Putin for death of opposition leader.