Overview
- A provincial judge in Lomas de Zamora issued a 60‑day preventive suspension of the new Régimen Penal Juvenil, ordering Buenos Aires officials to report operational plans and available resources to the court.
- The measure followed a collective habeas corpus filed by the Federación Familia Grande Hogar de Cristo that sought to protect adolescents in deficient facilities.
- Judge Marta Elba Pascual based the pause on concrete shortfalls she recorded in provincial centers, citing inadequate infrastructure, overcrowding and the absence of specialized courts and staff needed for the law to work.
- The ruling provoked an immediate political clash with national figures and the La Libertad Avanza bloc calling for the judge's impeachment while the provincial security minister demanded national funding and infrastructure to implement the change.
- Province officials must now present a detailed plan within the 60‑day window and the outcome could determine whether the law moves forward, prompts legal appeals or produces new funding and construction pressures that affect services for young people and public safety.