BUENOS AIRES, May 21 2012 (IPS) – Nearly 29 years after the demise of the 1976-1983 dictatorship in Argentina, successive democratic governments have failed to find a humane way of running the prison system. Preventable deaths, torture and appalling conditions for inmates continue to be reported.
Practices rooted in the dictatorship are still going on in prisons, such as torture, abuse and other mistreatment which must be eradicated, Paula Litvachky, a lawyer for the Centre for Legal and Social Studies (CELS), told IPS.
Of course, there is no real continuity with the seven-year regime that kidnapped, tortured and forcibly disappeared thousands of people, but abuses persist in prisons due to complicity, indifference and lack of accountability and oversight, she said.
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Joseph Chamie is an independent consulting demographer and a former director of the United Nations Population Division.
The international community of nations has made commitments to eliminate hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition by 2030 and also to promote and protect health through nutritious diet, healthy eating and increased physical activity. Credit: IPS
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