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Morena Rial’s Lawyer Cites Positive Prison Psych Report in Renewed Push for Home Detention

She remains jailed in Magdalena on preventive detention after a judge cited repeated failures to appear.

Overview

  • Rial has been held in Unidad 51 since October 1 as the court maintains preventive detention and has not granted home confinement.
  • DDM reported a favorable update tied to therapies done in custody, and her lawyer says a psychological exam found her fit for motherhood under prison evaluation.
  • The defense argues the result supports domiciliary detention under protections for mothers of children under five, with the judicial decision still pending.
  • Her attorney describes isolation, lack of television, and restricted phone access, says she shows depressive symptoms, and reports filing a complaint over the phone limits.
  • Authorities flagged social‑media activity after a leaked chat and an Instagram post, while the defense says she signed a pledge not to use networks and that the account is run by someone else.