Institutional
What's happening at the cooperative.
Liberté turns 12: dignified work is possible inside
On July 3, 2014, a stamp at the entrance desk of Unit 15 in Batán marked the start of Liberté. The story of that first day, twelve years later.
Community Intelligence: why Liberté's AI is not just another AI
Juliana is, technically, an artificial intelligence. But at Liberté, AI stands for something else: Community Intelligence. Developed by VERUMax, curated by Liberté's human team, and built to serve a specific community. What sets it apart.
Join the Human Team of Juliana's Legal Guidance Area
Before opening Juliana's Legal Guidance service, in this first phase, to the entire prison population of Argentina, we are calling on a team of people in prison, released people, and direct family members —led by the Colectivo de Detenidos/as— to test it: no one knows better whether this works than the person who needs it.
PUPAA Liberté: the first community kitchen self-managed by incarcerated people to be officially authorized in the country
Liberté now has its kitchen officially authorized by the provincial government: the first community PUPAA self-managed by incarcerated people in the country. Inside Unidad Penal N°15 in Batán, healthy, safe, and artisanal food is prepared — sustaining the community life within.
The Cátedra Libre is born: Universidad Liberté's classes, written down and open
We are launching the Cátedra Libre, the imprint with which Cooperativa Liberté publishes the full, written version of Universidad Liberté's gatherings —EnClave Libre, diploma courses, the Laboratorio de Saberes and workshops—. The first edition is already available.
Introducing Dossier Liberté: documentary investigations with every citation verifiable
Cooperativa Liberté launches a new editorial imprint: Dossier Liberté. These are documentary investigation pieces built from verifiable public sources. Every quote is transcribed word for word, attributed with the honesty of flagging when it is a chained citation, and backed by a permanent snapshot on archive.org or archive.ph so it stays verifiable even if the original URL breaks in the future.
The Programa de Salud Mental launches in June: from pilot to permanent program
Eighteen people in prison completed, between October 2025 and May 2026, the pilot of Cooperativa Liberté's Community Mental Health Program, sustained by Cooperativa Liberté and community contributions, with administrative coordination by Mutual AMI. Care was provided entirely by videoconference. The permanent program starts in June.
Marathon for Peace: the world's first inside a prison
Two editions (March 2019 and November 2022) in which incarcerated people, victims, formerly incarcerated people, family members, professional marathon runners, and judicial officials ran together. Overseen by the Marathon Runners Federation. A third edition is in preparation.
Punto de Paz: the world's first restaurant run by incarcerated people
Punto de Paz, inaugurated in 2022 at Unidad Penal N°15 in Batán, is the world's first restaurant managed entirely by incarcerated people, while also promoting restorative justice by bringing together victims and offenders in a space for encounter and healing.