The Minister of Equality, Justice and Social Policy has explained that the increase “limits the ability to take over all requested transfers”. In addition, it has emerged that eight ETA prisoners’ requests have been rejected, compared to the 81 submitted in the past year.
Euskaraz irakurri: Iazko urtarriletik hazi egin da EAEko kartzeletako preso kopurua, ia 275 pertsona gehiago daude orain
From January last year to the present, the prison population of the three prisons in Álava, Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa has grown in 272 people, up to 1,562, as reported by the Minister of Equality, Justice and Social Policy, Beatriz Artolazabalin the committee of the Basque Parliament.
The increase, as he explained, is due to the fact that, on the one hand, after the transfer of jurisdiction to the Basque Country – in October 2021 – “virtually everyone who comes here stays here”, and on the other hand, to the greater flow of transfers from the Spanish state . In that sense, he clarified that they have been for the past year 178 people were transferred to the Basque Country, 81 of them convicted of terrorism. As he has admitted, this increase “limits the possibility of accepting all requested transfers”, but “has not had a negative impact on the living conditions” of the prisoners.
The Counsel has appeared in the Chamber, at the request of PP+Cs MP Luis Gordillo, to explain the state of implementation of the Basque Prison Model and to present the Restorative Justice Strategy 2022-2025.
According to the data provided, of the 1,562 people deprived of their liberty, 1,381 have been convicted and 181 are in custody. Similarly, 841 inmates are in second-degree and 441 in various third-degree modalities. In addition, 230 people are on trial.
Regarding the grade progression, he has revealed that “in just one year it was possible to progress to third-degree penitentiary for more than 500 people”which, according to Artolazabal, has brought the Basque government closer to the 40% target it had set.
The counselor has described this first year since taking over prison jurisdiction as “complex”, though she is “satisfied” with what has been achieved. Artolazabal explained that the Basque Country has received “a complex legacy” with two outdated prisons, those of Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa, and “insufficient staffing in the Araba prison”. About working in prison martuteenjust a year after the inauguration of the new Zubieta prison, Artolazabal has said it is “essential because the facilities must guarantee sufficient habitability”.
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