Colonia Penal (Unidad 5)
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Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
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Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 3 Jul 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
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Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
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Region
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Security level
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Death-row facility
No
Conditions
and terrorist financing in accordance with the rules established by the Financial Intelligence Unit (Unidad de Información Financiera), a self-sufficient entity under the Ministry of Finance, applicable to the capital market, and monitor compliance therewith. This shall apply notwithstanding the duty of the Securities and Exchange Commission to inform the Financial Intelligence Unit and allow said unit to act within its competent jurisdiction for the imposition of penalties and provide such Unit the assistance prescribed under Argentine Law No. 25,246, as amended. The Securities and Exchange Commission shall regulate the way in which penalties applied by the Financial Information Unit in terms of prevention of money laundering and the financing of terrorism, in relation to individuals acting under the jurisdiction of said body. q) Regulate the manner in which the information and inspection required herein shall be carried out, being empowered to require the entities subject to its jurisdiction to implement those mechanisms it deems appropriate for a more effective control of the duties described herein. Establish different information reporting systems and public offering requirements. r) Establish different information reporting systems and public offering requirements. s) Determine the conditions pursuant to which any registered intermediaries that are s) Determine the conditions pursuant to which any registered intermediaries that are legal entities may be authorized [...]
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Contact & address
No public contact details available.
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
- Overcrowding
- 0/30
- Oversight reports
- 1/30
- Structural flags
- 0/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · 1 oversight report in the last 5 years
Related facilities
Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
Reports
- NPM-cnpt3 Jul 2026
and terrorist financing in accordance with the rules established by the Financial Intelligence Unit (Unidad de Información Financiera), a self-sufficient entity under the Ministry of Finance, applicable to the capital market, and monitor compliance therewith. This shall apply notwithstanding the duty of the Securities and Exchange Commission to inform the Financial Intelligence Unit and allow said unit to act within its competent jurisdiction for the imposition of penalties and provide such Unit the assistance prescribed under Argentine Law No. 25,246, as amended. The Securities and Exchange Commission shall regulate the way in which penalties applied by the Financial Information Unit in terms of prevention of money laundering and the financing of terrorism, in relation to individuals acting under the jurisdiction of said body. q) Regulate the manner in which the information and inspection required herein shall be carried out, being empowered to require the entities subject to its jurisdiction to implement those mechanisms it deems appropriate for a more effective control of the duties described herein. Establish different information reporting systems and public offering requirements. r) Establish different information reporting systems and public offering requirements. s) Determine the conditions pursuant to which any registered intermediaries that are s) Determine the conditions pursuant to which any registered intermediaries that are legal entities may be authorized [...]
Data completeness
26%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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World Prisons. (2026). Colonia Penal (Unidad 5). Retrieved October 23, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/colonia-penal-unidad-5
"Colonia Penal (Unidad 5)." World Prisons. Accessed October 23, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/colonia-penal-unidad-5.
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author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Colonia Penal (Unidad 5)},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/colonia-penal-unidad-5},
urldate = {2026-10-23}
}