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Unidad Penal N°15 de Batán

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This organization is mentioned in Liberté's editorial work. The cooperative does not claim any institutional affiliation or formal alliance with this entity.

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Penitentiary unit located in Batán, in the General Pueyrredon district. It houses incarcerated people and has served as the home of cultural and sports initiatives by Liberté.

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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 lat...

July 3, 2026

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 VERU...

June 26, 2026

«Learning to think like foreign ministers»: Hernán Alberto Terneus taught a class on international conflicts at Liberté

Consultant Hernán Alberto Terneus —United Nations specialist in science and development— gave an open class at Liberté on how international...

June 21, 2026

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 peopl...

June 14, 2026

Thinking security from inside prison — fifth year of the Liberté Diploma

Diana Márquez and Ricardo Augman, who share the general coordination, talk about the fifth year of a one-of-a-kind program: coordinated from...

June 12, 2026

«Labor "Modernization" as the Destruction of Social Gains»: a class by two labor lawyers at Liberté

Labor lawyers Cynthia Benzion and Leonardo Elgorriaga taught an open class on labor reform in Liberté's territory. More than eighty people —...

June 7, 2026

Punishment cells: the dictatorship systematized them and democracy did not abolish them

At Batán Penitentiary Unit Nº15 the punishment cells —the extreme isolation device of the Buenos Aires prison system— were abolished. Three...

May 31, 2026

At Liberté I found a little more peace of mind

After five years and three months at Batán's Unit 15, José Ignacio V. regained his freedom. In his final weeks he joined the Liberté communi...

May 27, 2026

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 publ...

May 25, 2026

Proyecto Mecha closes: the suggestion boxes in Batán have been abolished

After nine years of campaigns, complaints, and a radio program built inside Batán without institutional permission, Proyecto Mecha announces...

May 23, 2026

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