The Government will apply new security measures in prisons in 48 hours and sees the blockade as "illegal"

It will provide communication and emergency devices and there will always be at least two workers in the kitchen

   BARCELONA, 18 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Minister of Justice, Rights and Memory of the Generalitat, Gemma Ubasart, has announced that they have three security measures to implement in the next 48 hours in the prisons in the face of the protests and the blockade that the Government spokesperson, Patricia Plaja, has branded as "illegal, because there is no strike called."

They said this at a press conference this Monday afternoon after the meeting of the crisis cabinet regarding the situation in prisons, which was also attended by the Minister of the Interior, Joan Ignasi Elena, and the vice president of the Government, Laura Vilagrà.

Ubasart has said that they will give communication and emergency devices to all staff working in prisons through the Center d'Iniciatives per a la Reinserció (Cire), and will stipulate that using them is mandatory.

He has stated that within two days they will also have surveillance personnel in the basic services provided in prisons by Cire, the public company that employed the head chef of Mas d'Enric (Tarragona) who was murdered last week. at the hands of a prisoner who later committed suicide.

And they will reinforce the kitchen services staff so that there are always at least two workers on each shift, and Ubasart has added that they are working on other measures "within a period of 30 days, which will have a relatively immediate implementation."

The minister has once again urged the prison unions to meet - she has called them for Tuesday morning but they have shown their intention not to attend - to address "effective, realistic and possible measures" and share information about the investigation. internal that the department has opened.

Asked if there was any relationship or previous incident between the head chef of Mas d'Enric and the prisoner who murdered her, Ubasart answered that they have no evidence that the woman "had requested that the inmate be removed or any information about him." guy".

"We know it is necessary to clarify all the questions that still exist around Núria's death, but also out of respect for her memory and her people, we should not make interested use of an absolutely tragic event," claimed Plaja, who then He has asked to flee from populist or deceitful speeches.

Regarding the need to clarify what happened, Plaja has also said: "The only person responsible for Núria's death is the person who killed her, but we need to know how the Government and above all her family, friends and co-workers need to know, how Could what happened happen?"

Asked if the Secretary of Criminal Measures, Reintegration and Attention to Victims, Amand Calderó, has made his position available to her at any time - given that his dismissal is a condition for the unions to negotiate -, Ubasart replied that " "The possibility of a resignation or dismissal has never been on the table."

"Calderó is the figure that I believe can best command the system and a crisis like the one we have before us," added Ubasart, who stated that his experience and resume support it.