💡 unidad penitenciaria
Also known as: cárcel, unidad penal, establecimiento penitenciario, unidad carcelaria, penal, prisión, infierno
Establecimiento de detención administrado por el Estado donde se alojan personas en situación de cárcel cumpliendo una condena o medida cautelar.
A penitentiary unit is a facility under the authority of the penitentiary service where the State houses incarcerated people, either on a preventive basis — while judicial proceedings are underway — or as the result of a final sentence. In Argentina, each unit is identified by a number and a geographic location.
Beyond its custodial function, a penitentiary unit is also a space of everyday life: the people who live there work, study, maintain family ties, and develop collective projects. Recognizing that dimension is part of the framework through which the cooperative understands and names incarceration.