Overview
- The provincial government inaugurated the second and final stage of the Benjamín Paz complex, with authorities announcing inmate transfers starting Tuesday afternoon.
- Governor Osvaldo Jaldo cited 700 new places for a total of 1,470 and an investment of $27,186,950,936, while the construction chamber’s Jorge Garber put installed capacity at 1,600.
- Garber said the province ultimately financed completion with its own funds after the project was halted at about 22% progress and later reactivated under an emergency works framework.
- Officials frame the expansion as key to decompressing comisarías so police guarding detainees can return to street patrols, part of a broader security push that also includes the new Delfín Gallo facility.
- Set on 130 hectares with 18,000 m² covered, the campus-style complex includes multiple pavilions, education and work areas, reinforced triple fencing totaling about 25 km of wire, and design aligned with Law 24.660.