This was the main area of imprisonment for detainees. Here, the detained-disappeared remained handcuffed and shackled, with a hood or cloth mask covering their heads. Placed on mattresses inside isolated cubicles, when they entered this place they were no longer recognized by their names, but by their number. Prisoners were held in Capucha for hours, days, months and, in some cases, even years.
The path is marked by a wooden platform along the entire third floor. It crosses the entire area of Capucha until it reaches the side where Norma Arrostito’s cell was located. Once they reach this spot, visitors must then retrace their steps in order to leave this area and finish the experience. In the room, footage of survivors testifying in trial is projected in order to provide visitors with a more straightforward account of what happened in this room. The station includes a three-dimensional representation of a «cucha» (a colloquial word for a dog bed), a mattress where a detained-disappeared person was placed on. The cucha was about 2 meters long and 70 centimeters wide.