In the City of Buenos Aires there are 2,000 detainees. Since Jorge Macri took office, the figure has grown by around 14%.
The deepening of criminal policy focused on arrests and the lack of infrastructure collide in a scenario of overpopulation and lack of places in federal prisons. Prisoners sleeping in containers, sharing a mattress in hallways or offices, without showers and with limited bathrooms are some of the realities described by specialists in prison problems. "Being imprisoned in these conditions is torture in itself," said Ariel Cejas, deputy attorney general, when asked by Clarín.