Milei plans sale of urban prisons to build maximum security prisons

The president of Argentinathe ultraliberal Javier Mileiassured this Tuesday in a radio interview that his Government is considering the sale of urban prisons to finance the construction of new maximum security prisons far from cities.

Amid the escalation of violence linked to the drug trafficking in the city of rosary beadsthe Argentine president said that the Government is also working on “incorporating private prisons” into the South American country.

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“There are prisons in the middle of the city and these lands have a lot of value in terms of ‘real estate status‘ any real estate“Milei considered it.

“Basically, we are thinking about selling these prisons for their real estate value and with these funds building new prisons for maximum security and far from the city”, argued the president.

In recent weeks, the Government of the province of Santa Fe (center), where the conflict rosary beadswhich has become the epicenter of crime associated with drug trafficking in Argentinapublish images of inmates inside prisons.

The penitentiary policy of the Santa Fé authorities resembles those implemented in The Savior by the president of that country, Nayib Bukele.

The Salvadoran president, winner of the last elections held on February 4 in the Central American country, built during his first term huge prisons maximum security for violent gang members.

Milei and his Minister of Security, Patricia Bullrichexpressed on several occasions their admiration for the model of Bukele.

The government of The Savior was willing to “collaborate” with him Argentine executive in relation to security in Rosário, where federal forces have been operating on the ground since Tuesday.

It’s expected that Milei visit the city in the next two weeks.

Source: Elcomercio

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