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Updated Saturday, March 16, 2024-10:40

  • Catalonia A prisoner kills a cook at the Mas Enric prison in Tarragona and commits suicide

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Last night, prison officials lifted the blockade in most of the penitentiary centers in Catalonia, although they maintain those of

Quatre Camins and Joves

, both in Roca del Vallès (Barcelona), and the women's prison of

Wad Ras

in Barcelona, where a group of workers this Saturday cut off access to them, as union sources have informed Efe.

Yesterday, prison officials raised the tone of their protests against the leadership of the Department of Justice of the Generalitat, after the cook at the

Mas d'Enric

penitentiary center , in

El Catllar (Tarragona)

, was murdered last Wednesday at the hands of supposedly from a prisoner, who subsequently committed suicide.

After prison officials kept access to Catalan prisons blocked all day yesterday, forcing almost

5,000 inmates to be confined to their cells

, they decided last night to lift most of the cuts, in part because it was the end of the year. week, which is when some inmates have permits or when visits from family and friends of the prisoners occur.

However, dozens of officials have once again cut off access to the Quatre Camins, Joves and Wad Ras prisons early this morning.

Sources from the Department of Justice have reported that the blockade in these prisons has prevented the shift change of the workers in these centers from being carried out normally this morning, so that the ordinary activity of the prisoners or visits cannot be guaranteed. scheduled for today.

Although prison officials have lifted the blockade in

Mas d'Enric, Brians 1, Brians 2, Lledoners and Puig de les Basses

, the unions warn that on Monday they will resume widespread mobilizations until their demands, whose The first measure involves the resignation of the Minister of Justice

Gemma Ubasart

and that of the person in charge of Catalan prisons,

Amand Calderó

.

Starting at eleven o'clock this Saturday, Ubasart and Calderó will appear before the media to report on the current situation in Catalan prisons, after the blockade this Friday.