The night riot in Devoto prison altered the neighborhood's calm and revived requests for the prison's transfer

The protest this morning inside the prison of Villa Devoto altered the tranquility of the neighborhood. The noisy revolt that included the burning of rags and garbage did not throw wounded inside the prison nor punished for disorderlyness, as the NATION could know. But it rekindled the requests for transfer in some of the neighbors. The move of the Buenos Aires prison is something that the neighborhood association has been demanding through diff…

The measure was ordered by the Ministry of Security last week and generated various criticisms, two days of unrest and an unresolved conflict.

Writing Open Channel With the aim of making visible the claim against Security Ministry Resolution 372/2025 that prohibits student centers in federal prisons and limits the stay of prisoners in university centers beyond class hours, this week a group of people deprived of their liberty housed in Devoto prison carried out protest actions for two consecutive nights. During the measure they made a batucada , set fire to some rags and hung flags in…

For the second consecutive night, on Wednesday, the prisoners of the Villa Detovo prison (Comuna 11) held a textile-burning protest against the closure of the student centers within the prison, a measure ordered by the Ministry of National Security. It also prevents them from staying outside school hours in the University Centers based in federal prisons. According to security sources, during the days of Tuesday and Wednesday night, there were n…

After the government announced the closure of the student centre, the prisoners housed in Devoto prison again protested against the measure and organized a “batucada”, that is, the burning of sheets, rags and garbage. In the various images that circulated on social networks it was possible to see how on Wednesday night there was a presence of fire that appeared through the windows of the pavilions. They also generated noise with trash cans and f…

"With the new resolution, the academic field is lost within a prison, which is where the purpose of the penalty of "resocialization really exists," said lawyer Fabio Galante, who is a graduate of the Devoto University Center and follows the theme