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Prison officials lift the blockade in three centers until Monday

Prison officials have lifted tonight, after 9:00 p.m., the blockade of access to the Quatre Camins and Joves centers, both in the Roca del Vallès (Barcelona), and in the women’s center of Wad Ras, in Barcelona, an action that they leave in suspense until Monday, according to union and Department of Justice sources have confirmed to EFE.

The blocking of access to the centers has affected about 1,200 prisoners this Saturday, who have had to stay in their cells without following the usual rhythm of the prison.

The action of the officials has been the continuation of the protests that began on Wednesday and reached their zenith yesterday, Friday, when access to all Catalan prisons was blocked, with 5,000 inmates in their cells, in protest against the death on Wednesday at the hands of a prisoner of the cook of the Mas d’Enric prison, in El Catllar (Tarragona).

Officials have agreed to lift the blockade this weekend, a period in which the highest number of family visits is recorded and when the scheduled outings are made, as a gesture of “good will”, although they continue to demand the resignation of the senior officials of the Department of Justice.

The Minister of Justice, Gemma Ubasart, and the head of the Catalan prisons, Amand Calderó, plan to report tomorrow, Sunday, of the situation in the prisons after the blockade of the centers of recent days.

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Zelenski urges global action after russian ballistic missile strike

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“The world must react. So far, there has been no strong response,” Zelenski lamented in a social media statement.

“We must act. We must pressure. We must push Russia towards real peace, which is only achievable through strength,” he added.

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Elon Musk plans sweeping cuts to U.S. bureaucracy and spending

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