{{Short description|Prison in Buenos Aires, Argentina}} {{Infobox prison | prison_name = Federal Correctional Complex of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires | image = <!--240px --> | caption = | image_map = | map_size = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Argentina Buenos Aires | pushpin_relief = | pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Buenos Aires | pushpin_label = Devoto Federal Prison | map_dot_mark = | location = Devoto, Buenos Aires, Argentina
| coordinates = {{coord|34|36|54|S|58|30|53.3|W|display=title}} | status = Operational | classification = | capacity = | population = 1800+ | populationdate = | opened = 1927 | closed = | former_name = | managed_by = ''Servicio Penitenciario Federal'' | director = | governor = | warden = | prisoners = }}
The '''Devoto prison''' (''{{langx|es|Cárcel de Devoto}}''), officially named ''"Complejo Penitenciario Federal de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires"'' was built in 1927 as a medium-security prison and managed by the ''Policia Federal Argentina''. In 1978 a prison riot broke out, referred to as the "Motín de los colchones", which ended with 60 deaths and 85 injuries.<ref name="tras">{{cite web |url= https://www.lanacion.com.ar/2116231-el-traslado-de-la-carcel-de-devoto--las-obras-comenzar%C3%A1n-en-agosto-y-concluir%C3%A1n-en-2020|title= El traslado de la cárcel de Devoto: las obras comenzarán en agosto y concluirán en 2020|trans-title= The move of the Devoto prison: the works will start in August and end in 2020|language= Spanish|author= Sol Amaya|date= May 12, 2018|publisher= La Nacion|accessdate=March 12, 2018}}</ref>
President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced in 2011 that the prison would be shut down and the prisoners transferred to a new complex in Mercedes, Buenos Aires. As of 2020, the Devoto prison remains fully operational with less than 8% of the inmates transferred to other prisons. Plans for the Mercedes complex were scrapped in 2018 and another in Marcos Paz, Buenos Aires announced instead.<ref name="tras"/>
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Category:1927 establishments in Argentina Category:Buildings and structures in Buenos Aires Category:Prisons in Argentina Category:Prisons completed in the 1920s