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Refurbishment works advance at the National Pretrial Detention Center to separate remand prisoners from convicts

Paraguay’s Ministry of Justice is pressing ahead with refurbishment works at the National Pretrial Detention Center (formerly Tacumbú) so that the facility will house only remand prisoners, in compliance with the policy of separating remand prisoners from convicts. The interventions include refurbishing cells and wings, with inmates distributed across modules according to conduct profiles and risk levels.

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Ex-senator Erico Galeano spends night in police department awaiting prison transfer

Paraguayan ex-senator Erico Galeano, sentenced to 13 years in prison for money laundering and criminal association, slept Monday night in a cell at the National Police Judicial Department in Asunción while awaiting authorization to be transferred to the National Pretrial Detention Center (formerly Tacumbú) or another penitentiary. He shares the space with 135 other detainees and receives no special treatment.

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Ex-Tacumbú may receive Erico Galeano, but defense alleges health and safety risks

Former senator Erico Galeano, sentenced to 13 years for money laundering and criminal association in the A Ultranza Py operation, awaits a decision on his place of detention. While the Ministry of Justice says the National Center for Pretrial Detainees (former Tacumbú) can house him, the defense argues the facility poses a risk to the health and safety of the politician, who is a colon cancer survivor.

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Former senator Erico Galeano spends first night in shared cell, to be transferred to ex-Tacumbú

Former Colorado senator Erico Galeano, sentenced to 13 years in prison for money laundering and criminal association, spent his first night in a 15 m² cell at the National Police Judicial Department, sharing the space with other detainees. The court ordered his transfer to the National Pretrial Detention Center, at the former Tacumbú National Penitentiary.

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