Nahuel Gallotta
11/01/2020 18:57
Clarín.com
Police
Updated 11/01/2020 18:57
Compensation for time incarcerated in a pandemic (that each day in the midst of the coronavirus is computed for three days of sentence), granting of temporary exits and conditional release in a timely manner, total review of the criminological reporting system of the Buenos Aires Penitentiary Service and "enough of living in subhuman conditions ”.
All this says the list of orders prepared by the inmates of Unit 9 in La Plata, who have just started a peaceful hunger strike, to present before the dialogue table this week.
What began on Saturday morning as a protest against the suspension of family visits (they have been prohibited since March 12) and led to hostage-taking and riots with the taking of at least seven Buenos Aires prisons, now takes a turn: the detainees demand certain norms, clarifying that it is “a right and not a benefit”.
For its part, the SPB reported that the visits will be “enabled on November 14, in strict compliance with the health security protocols for the preservation of public health.
It was possible to reach this agreement through the operation of the dialogue tables that were formed, and in which authorities from the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, representatives of the Judicial Power and Human Rights organizations participated ”.
Some referents of pavilions of different units denied the statement.
They denounce that the situation changed as a result of repressions, and that no one informed them about the authorization of visits for November 14.
In addition, they released photos and videos in which they show the marks of the rubber shots they received.
Protests in Buenos Aires prisons to demand that they allow family visits.
The situation, and the orders, vary according to each unit.
In Campana 21, one of those that for a few hours was under the control of the inmates, they
are all "gummed up
.
"
In the jargon, it means that they are locked in their cells or pavilions, without being able to go out to the patio or other sector.
“We know the truck is at the door.
They will not let what happened yesterday.
They are going to want to transfer many of us to prisons in the interior of Buenos Aires ”, says a detainee.
It refers to those of Sierra Chica, Azul, Urdampilleta or Batán, among others, destinations that the vast majority prefer to avoid, due to the distance with their relatives.
Unit 31 of Florencio Varela was taken until this Sunday at noon.
"They entered repressing (by the guards), they locked up everyone and went cell by cell shooting us one by one," denounces one of the inmates who contacted
Clarín
.
“The same at the University Center: they entered and broke everything.
They '
revenged
'.
They took advantage of the fact that the cameras in the pavilions are broken, and they made a mess ”.
Mutiny in the Melchor Romero prison, La Plata, on Saturday, October 31.
Photo: Mauricio Nievas
For their part, SPB sources said: “Today there was a new revolt, but everything is normalized.
What they are asking for is a reduction of sentences, something that escapes any logic ”.
The riots had started early in the morning on Saturday, after that on Friday night, the SPB reported that the return of the visits would be on the same day.
The protocol was approved and the inmates had organized to take turns according to the days and yards of each unit.
In La Plata 9, for example, a direct relative was to be admitted as a detainee.
Each day, each ward had to choose 9 prisoners who would go out to the visiting yard.
Visitors had to undergo passage through the alcohol spray booth and enter with chinstraps and masks.
In turn, the sector destined for the meeting would be previously disinfected.
Family members must be between 18 and 60 years old.
Pregnant women and patients at risk will not be able to do so.
In units 8 and 33 of Los Hornos, for women and located on the same premises, the detainees do "chaponeos", that is, hit the bars three times a day.
They were told that the visits are suspended by order of Julio Garro, mayor of La Plata.
“What we ask is that the judges grant the benefits that should have been given years ago, in each particular sentence.
And what was promised at the time: that pregnant women and those sentenced to sentences of less than five years continue to serve their sentences at home, ”said a detainee from the 33rd. And they were preparing a letter, in which they will also demand access to the Health.
The requirements for visits to prisoners in the Province amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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