Overview
- An act of understanding signed by Security Minister Alejandra Monteoliva and City Security Minister Horacio Giménez commits the City to hand the nearly finished facility to the Federal Penitentiary Service within the first four months of 2026.
- The Centro Penitenciario Federal VII in Marcos Paz will provide 2,240 places and is designed with four units and facilities for health care, education, visits, internal security and videoconferencing under national and international standards.
- The agreement authorizes up to 400 additional permanent places through modular units at the Ezeiza complexes to ease short‑term overcrowding in the federal system.
- City officials report the works are roughly 95% complete after a five‑year halt, with construction restarted in December 2024; Jorge Macri inspected the site and said it is almost ready.
- Talks continue over transferring penitentiary competencies and financing, the future use of the Devoto site remains unresolved, and City figures show 2,291 detainees are currently held in police facilities.