Overview
- Security Minister Alejandra Monteoliva and city minister Horacio Giménez signed the understanding that commits the city to hand over the facility in the first quarter of 2026.
- The Marcos Paz complex will add 2,240 federally managed places and operate under national and international standards for security, treatment, and habitability.
- Monteoliva said the aim is to close Villa Devoto in 2026 through phased transfers, estimating about 1,500 inmates will be moved.
- The agreement includes authorization for up to 400 additional permanent places via modular units at Ezeiza’s Federal Complex IV and Unit 19.
- Construction, restarted in December 2024, is about 95% complete, and officials say the added capacity will help clear roughly 2,291 detainees from city stations and lockups.