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WORLD● LOW1d ago · Oct 12, 2026, 8:47 PM

Closure of Devoto prison: seven books where it left its mark of confinement and memory

Clarín · south america

The historic transfer of prisoners from Villa Devoto to the Marcos Paz penitentiary complex marks the beginning of the closure of the Buenos Aires prison. Novels, essays, and testimonies preserve daily life behind those walls in both dictatorship and democracy.

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