Gustavo Castillo
La Jornada Newspaper
Saturday, January 31, 2026, p. 8
The Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC) published the guidelines for the functioning, operation and conservation of the National Registry of Penitentiary Information, and the regulations establish that there is a base with “personal and biometric data, as well as complete, consistent, truthful, updated and complete information on persons deprived of liberty in all federal and state penitentiary centers.”
These guidelines “are of mandatory observance and general application, they regulate the integration, supply, operation, conservation, functioning, updating, interconnection and consultation of the National Registry of Penitentiary Information, which is part of the National Information System,” states the SSPC.
Likewise, it is explained in the publication of the Official Gazette of the Federation that “the registry will also serve as a tool to strengthen the planning of institutional actions focused on social reintegration, in accordance with the provisions of the National Criminal Execution Law.”
The unit in charge of preparing the regulations for the management and integration of data will have 180 calendar days “to implement the technological tool” which must have sections for the following data: catalog of crimes, freedoms and penitentiary centers; another that links the information of inmates “who undergo gender change and name change.” Likewise, “for the registration of the person deprived of liberty who has just arrived at a certain prison, a section must be considered that includes a field called “time of entry to the penitentiary center”, and a module must be developed to include data on the penalties for persons deprived of liberty referred to in article 13, section VII, of these guidelines, which allows the entry of sanctions greater than 99 years,” it was explained.
