Cruz Rubalcaba, without being Minister of Justice, opened the prison RIVER FIELDS .- The First Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba, has opened on Thursday Murcia II prison in the municipality of Campos del Río, which begins next month May to receive the first prisoners from jail Sangonera, which will, as a novelty, with cells of 13 square meters, three square meters than other prisons.
In his speech, Rubalcaba has said that the nearly 2,000 places with which account the new prison "will allow the entry of prisoners living in the Region of Murcia or in neighboring provinces, so that they can serve their sentences near their place of residence. "
Vice President said that the prison meets the mission "constitutional" reintegration of prisoners, something that contributes to "the fact that people are near the places where they live" to which is added "the that it is a pleasant and decent, "he explained.
In this regard, he recalled that the construction of the prison serves a central government plan to" get by the increase the prison population. "This growth has been attributed to" the penal code amendment in recent years and the fact that is strictly enforced.
Anyway, he explained that the prison population "has begun to fall this year," and has been responsible for this in the increasing strength of the National Police and Civil Guard, which resulted "the lowest crime rate in recent years."
Finally, Rubalcaba has paid tribute to the deceased directors Sangonera prison, whose families were present at the event. In particular, thanked the presence of the woman and her daughter Marin, who "spent many hours to run prisons well."
Rubalcaba was accompanied by Secretary General of Prisons, Mercedes Gallizo in the opening ceremony, which has become a tribute to the last two directors of the Sangonera prison, Guillermo Miranda, who died two years ago and Francisco Marín, who died last week from a stroke.
The event featured the Government Delegate, Rafael González Tovar, as well as numerous local and regional authorities such as mayors of the municipalities in which the prison is located, Albudeite, Joaquín Martínez, and Campos del Río, Miguel Navarro, director general of Emergency, Luis Gestoso, and the PSOE candidate for president of the Community, Begoña García Retegui.
For its part, Gallizo lamented the fact that Miranda Marín and could not be present "living this time, although he has exalted "never forget them." In this regard, he recalled the character "honest, peaceful and friendly" Marin, who has highlighted his desire to "serve all and to humanize the treatment of prisoners" .
The new center, which has invested over 112 million euros, with 1,194 cells in 16 residential units, a closed regime, other income, and other outlets and traf nursing. Most cells are equipped for two people.
also has kitchen, bakery, laundry, classrooms, library, sports, workshops and a building for internal communications with family or lawyers.
building in Murcia II there have been some changes with respect to other similar prisons. For example, the cells are nearly 13 square meters, rather than the tens of other centers were first built workshops of cooking and gardening and external staff working in the kitchen will have a dining room.
Murcia II The prison is designed as a small city where different buildings are situated for to fulfill the needs of the people interned there to facilitate their reintegration into society while ensuring its safekeeping.
modules are placed in the cells and other spaces in which life develops habitual offenders. They are divided into two floors and each has a porch. On the ground floor is the living room, dining room, a commissary, medical consultation, an occupational workshop, a small gym, classrooms and a hairdresser.
The first and second floors are the cells, ie, 36 per plant equipped for two people. Four of the 16 residential units are versatile, with 18 cells per plant, which contributes to a better classification of inmates, increased security and intervention in treatment programs.
Murcia II The center also has a cultural and recreational area with classrooms for the training of interns, library, auditorium, sports hall, gym and pool.
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The building has 64 beds and a number of consultations for specialty care such as dentistry, orthopedics and radiology. It has facilities for remote diagnostics and telemedicine, which allows improving care for inmates and reduce the number of shipments to hospitals.
Murcia II is the first center has its own training workshops. To do this, it has enabled a specific space to develop cooking and gardening workshops, in both its theoretical and practical.
For its part, the production workshops meet the necessary elements for various industrial and manipulated. The classroom buildings are masonry, tiler, cleaning furniture, painter, plumber, computer, air conditioner maintainer and electrician.
Some of the furniture that makes up this center has been produced by inmates working in prison workshops productive.
The new infrastructure has a service area which includes laundry, kitchen and bakery. In the kitchen, meals are prepared daily, which is then distributed by the various modules over hot cars.
For the first time in Murcia II creates a high external staff working in kitchens, and bakery is made bread and pastries for consumption by inmates. These facilities occupy paid job of prison inmates.
Murcia II has a specific area for inmates to receive visits from relatives and lawyers. In the communications building is located 40 booths with room for three people each, 22 rooms for family communication, as many for private visits and a space to conduct lineups.
The design and construction of the new center is modeled after architecture bioclimatic designed to achieve maximum efficiency with minimum impact on the environment.
With Murcia II and the Social Integration Centre "Guillermo Miranda 'supplementing the prison infrastructure planned for the Region of Murcia since 2004.