Javier Milei’s government intensifies controls in prisons to high -risk prisoners

He Ministry of Security established a measure that points to greater control of high -risk prisoners Within prisons. Thus determined a series of Changes in the visits system, preventing than those arrested that mean greater danger They can have physical contact With their relatives.

According to the Resolution 153/2025published on Wednesday in the Official Gazette, Its main objective points to “face, dissuade, dismantle and neutralize the action of members of national and transnational criminal organizations, organized groups or complex organizations ”.

In turn, he affirms that the intention is “reduce the possibilities of participating in criminal activities from prison establishments“And that there is”Risk of corruption or violation of the internal regime or in the environment of judicial investigations. “

Patricia Bullrich imposes more controls in prisons

The portfolio in command of Patricia Bullrich It also established that the measure will govern for those who visit presidiaries who are part of the “Comprehensive Management System for Persons Private of High Risk Freedom in Federal Penitentiary Service”

On the other hand, the regulations indicate that the convicted “They can receive the visit of up to two direct relatives over 16 years” each.

Likewise, the meeting must be held through a locker with a minimum of 15 days between each of them. The duration of the same will be one hour, And the modality will also apply for those who have minor children of the established age.

What does the Ministry of Security regulations say

From these modifications, the Ministry indicated: “The Federal Penitentiary Service (SPF) must require the judicial authority to whose disposition each inmates and the Public Prosecutor’s Office that by jurisdiction corresponds, that it is reported if there is any impediment to authorize the visits of each of the direct relatives requested by the inmates incorporated into the system ”.

In addition, the determination points out that “You cannot be authorized as visit any person to which an inmate has revoked the authorization for that purpose. Nor admission will be authorized as a visit to people who have been convicted or that they are investigated for the possible commission of a crime, ”he says.

“They will not be able to receive visits from proxies or relatives. The established restrictions will not be applicable to the visits of the defense lawyers duly accredited in the judicial files and with the lawyers who would have designated in such character, ”he says.

“The SPF must denounce all crimes of which knowledge is taken in the context of the integral management system for people deprived of high -risk liberty ‘in the Federal Penitentiary Service, an opportunity in which the Telephone Communications Interventionvisits monitoring, suspension or prohibition of visits or establishing telephone communications or any other proof measure that is relevant for the purpose of reducing community risk, ”describes in its article 2.

The high -risk system is expanded

This determination is formalized just over a year after the High system Risk. This protocol was implemented to monitor and control the prisoners that are included in that category.

It is intended to control those who “have the ability to escapedirect criminal activities from within penalties, intimidate or corrupt penitentiary officials, hinder judicial investigations and coerce other inmates. ”

The program in force since 2024 deals with Constant monitoring of detaineesthe deprivation of communications through cell phone, called limited unidirectional, the installation of facial recognition cameras, infrared sensors, full -body scanners, metal detectors and the increase in requisitions in the pavilions.