Prisons

Article 100.2 of the Prison Regulations has been applied to him, so that he may be released from Martutene prison on working days, even if he must return to sleep.  

He believes it is "fair" to apply the new regime to the former head of ETA, given its "evolution" in prison.

The opening of the new prison in Gipuzkoa will bring down the old prison in San Sebastian and then 400 sheltered homes in Txomin Enea.

The Salhaketa Association reported that last Thursday he was found dead in his cell, apparently dying of a heart attack while awaiting an autopsy. 

The leader of the largest corruption plot in the Basque Country has obtained the third degree after spending 1 and a half years in prison (he was sentenced to 12 years in prison). The third degree has been granted against the decision of the Labour Prison Commission, according to sources from the Justice Department of the Basque Government.

The majority of offenders are men aged 16 and 17, most of whom are born in the Basque Country and 28 per cent of whom are foreigners. Restorative justice measures allow offenders to take responsibility, repair damage caused to victims and prevent recidivism.

Two friends of Maxima Casado have told ETB how they remember the day of the murder. Pepe Moulia, a former prison official, and Benito Aguirre, a former director of Zaballa and currently responsible for the prison inspection in the Basque Country, have stated that their diary was not easy knowing that they were targets of ETA. 

Sare has held an annual demonstration to call for the "return home of Basque prisoners, refugees and deportees" during the Big Week Donostia. The organization has highlighted the progress made over the past year, but has added that there is still a long way to go.

It also deplores the use of the pain and suffering of victims for political purposes and recalls that "each victim is in possession of his or her own suffering" and deserves respect, solidarity and consideration.

The Bilbao Symphony Orchestra has offered for the first time a concert inside the Alavesa prison. 45 musicians have performed for 50 minutes the works of Jesus Guridi in front of prisoners and prison workers. The initiative aims to bring culture closer to all people as a universal right, including in prison.

Kontseilu Europarrak kontinenteko espetxeetako masifikazioari buruz ohartarazi du; izan ere, badira plaza erabilgarriak baino preso gehiago dituzten herrialdeak.

The Egiari Zor Foundation has recalled Joxerra Goikoetxea in Loiu on the 40th anniversary of his death in prison. In these four decades, 36 prisoners and 16 relatives have been reported to have died as a result of prison policy.

The Egiari Zor Foundation held an event this Saturday in Loiu, the town of the former member of ETA José Ramón Goikoetxea Bilbao, 40 years after his death in Alcalá Meco prison.

The Egiari Zor Foundation has denounced that the death of the prisoner Goikoetxea could have been prevented and has enacted a law recognizing the deaths of the 36 prisoners who have died in prison over the past 40 years: "In the last 40 years, during this time of so-called democracy, 36 Basque political prisoners and 16 relatives have lost their lives in different situations, as a result of the systematic exceptional measures applied. In addition, two other people committed suicide trying to avoid imprisonment, "recalls Pilar Garaialde.

Garaialde has cited "denial of health care, prolonged isolation, communications intervention, harsh prison living conditions, etc." and has stressed the need to recognize all direct and indirect violence caused by the prison system.