With the participation of technical staff from the ministries of Infrastructure, Health, Education and Security, representatives of the Criminal Execution Justice and the Committee Against Torture, the second inter-institutional and multisectoral meeting will be held this Tuesday to address the prison crisis in the province of Neuquén. The meeting is scheduled for 10, again in the Laffitte room of the Government House.
At the inaugural meeting, on April 23, it was agreed that each sector involved will present a diagnosis.
Sources consulted by RÍO NEGRO newspaper They said that “diagnoses are unnecessary. We have the surveys carried out by the national and provincial Committee Against Torture, and by the Criminal Execution Justice. Now we have to start work on a comprehensive plan to guarantee the rights of people deprived of their liberty in the short, medium and long term.”
There is agreement that the problem It’s not just because of the infrastructure.that is, due to the lack of places of detention, but also because the health, education and work of the inmates are not met, with the aim of making resocialization a certain possibility.
The defense office headed by Luciana Petraglia has prepared a report that compares “the legal prison with the real Neuquén prison” to illustrate the deficit observed in each area.
One of the urgent problems that arose is the mental health of detainees. The consumption of psychiatric medications is very high, as the various actors involved agreed to point out. The Ministry of Health must take center stage.
Regarding infrastructure, plans are being prepared future pavilions to be built in Neuquén, Cutral Co and Zapala.
The Committee Against Torture wants to see them to ensure they meet international standards. And they already predict that by the time they are finished, they will be insufficient due to the high level of imprisonment that is registered in Neuquén.
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