Politics

Prison workers denounce security gaps after the crime at Mas d'Enric

One year after the murder at Mas d'Enric, the security reinforcement has not reached many corners of Catalonia's prisons, according to several workers consulted by ARA. The new government's first move regarding prisons was to remove inmates convicted of blood crimes. Jobs where they might have contact with dangerous tools. Beyond kitchens, the ban extended to, among others, production workshops and jobs outside the modules, such as maintenance and gardening. However, the restrictions on the jobs a prisoner can perform based on their criminal record did not include the training courses that inmates can take in the prison itself. This has allowed situations such as a prisoner being able to study a welding or cooking course, but then being unable to practice this trade in prison.

One year after , the security reinforcement has not reached many corners of Catalonia's prisons, according to several workers consulted by ARA. Jobs where they might have contact with dangerous tools. Beyond kitchens, the ban extended to, among others, production workshops and jobs outside the modules, such as maintenance and gardening.

However, the restrictions on the jobs a prisoner can perform based on their criminal record did not include the training courses that inmates can take in the prison itself. This has allowed situations such as a prisoner being able to study a welding or cooking course, but then being unable to practice this trade in prison..