Luis Bárcenas, former treasurer of the Popular Party and in prison and convicted for his involvement in the Gürtel plot, has obtained a permit to remain outside for more than 15 hours a day thanks to justifying a job that demands it. The job, Being an accountant for a company owned by his son Willy Bárcenasvocalist of the group Taburete.
The former senator, the starting point for a corruption plot in which the entire leadership of the Popular Party was involved, is authorized to leave from 7:30 in the morning to 11:00 p.m. and can spend all weekends and holidays in his home thanks to this work as an accountant, in addition to his contributions as a volunteer at a soup kitchen, according to information published by the newspaper The country.
Recently, Bárcenas obtained the semi-liberty regime with a little more facilities. In fact, after more than six years in the Soto del Real prison (Madrid), he has remained since December 27 at the Victoria Kent Social Insertion Center, a space in the center of Madrid where prisoners are serving their sentences in semi-liberty.
Although he was sentenced to 29 years and one month, the Supreme Court later set a maximum of 12 years in prison for the former treasurer, so he has already served most of his sentence behind bars. Barcenas aspires to request parole as of 2024, according to the Prisa newspaper.
Bárcenas was released from prison in January 2015 and re-entered in May 2018, once he was convicted in the first instance by the National Court. Since April 2021, Bárcenas has enjoyed twenty permits without any incident. That fact and his participation in the reinsertion program for corrupt people have been fundamental in now granting Bárcenas semi-freedom. This is the step prior to his subsequent access to the third degree or open regime.
