Overview
- Iparraguirre, who left Martutene prison in San Sebastián on Tuesday, can go out on weekdays and must return to sleep, following February’s similar measure for ex-ETA chief ‘Txeroki’.
- Article 100.2 allows daytime release for work or reintegration, and officials recorded her attendance at restorative justice meetings as the reason for the daily outings.
- The National Court prosecutor will issue a non-binding opinion next, and the Central Prison Oversight Judge will decide whether to maintain the semi-freedom regime.
- Following Tuesday’s release and outcry from victims’ groups, the Basque Government said it will start notifying victims when this day-release regime is granted to ETA prisoners.
- A growing share of ETA inmates now serve sentences outside prison with electronic monitoring, with 31 doing so at home as of March 23 according to monthly data compiled by the prisoners’ support group Etxerat.