The Argentine Federal Penitentiary Service (
Spanish
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: Servicio Penitenciario Federal Argentino, SPF) is an
Argentine federal agency responsible for the administration of the national
prison
A prison, also known as a jail, gaol (dated, standard English, Australian, and historically in Canada), penitentiary (American English and Canadian English), detention center (or detention centre outside the US), correction center, corre ...
system.
The legal unification of the prison system occurred by Decree Law No. 412 of January 14, 1958, which was ratified on October 23 of that year.
["History." Argentine Federal Penitentiary Service]
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. Retrieved on July 23, 2010.
See also
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Argentine Federal Police
The Argentine Federal Police ( es, Policía Federal Argentina or PFA) is the national civil police force of the Argentine federal government. The PFA has detachments throughout the country. Until January 1, 2017, it also acted as the local la ...
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Federal Penitentiary Service Intelligence
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Buenos Aires Police
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Santa Fe Province Police
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Interior Security System
References
External links
Argentine Federal Penitentiary ServiceOfficial website (Archive)
Federal law enforcement agencies of Argentina
Prison and correctional agencies
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