Transferred for safety: this is the new prison that keeps Dani Alves in Spain

Brazilian footballer Dani Alves is in pre-trial detention amid an investigation into him for an alleged sexual assault that took place in Barcelona on December 30 against a woman in a nightclub.

Consequently, and after declaring before the authorities, the judge in charge determined that the selected person should be placed under arrest due to the strong possibility that he will escape . The magistrate appealed to the footballer’s economic capacity, his dual Brazilian and Spanish nationality and because he resides in Mexico where until this case became known, he played for Pumas, a club that ended up dismissing him. .

The first hours inside the prison of Brains 1 were not the best for the footballer. According to local media, Alves seemed unwilling to eat and emotionally affected despite being visited by different professionals, including doctors and psychologists.

Of course, in the last hours Spanish justice has decided to transfer the Brazilian to a new prison establishment this Monday morning so that the authorities can guarantee the safety and privacy of Alves .

The Hispanic press pointed out that Brains 2 hosts convicted prisoners, but also others who are in pre-trial detention, such as the former Barcelona player.

The enclosure has smaller modules, although each room has a shower. This will prevent him from going to the community changing rooms and the administration of the establishment will protect itself from any future complaints in case another inmate manages to photograph the footballer and make public information about his daily life inside. from jail. . .

This decision, as published by La Vanguardia, was taken by the Secretariat for Penal Measures, Rehabilitation and Victim Support and is part of the usual operations of the prison authorities, stressing that this case does not differ not what would be done with other inmates.

According to the Ministry of Justice, Rights and Memory of Catalonia, the penitentiary center Brians 2 was inaugurated on June 1, 2007, being the third penitentiary center in the city after the Quatre Camins (1989) and Brians 1 (1991) .

They point out that the prison is located in the Llobregat Valley, near the industrial area of ​​Sesrovires in the middle of land for rural and agricultural use. It also has a good communication network and easy access from Barcelona, ​​as well as the rest of Catalonia. .

Regarding the equipment, they emphasize that it is a “cModular and versatile concept, oriented above all towards the relationship between the professionals and stakeholders of the penitentiary function and the prisoners to facilitate their rehabilitation and their reintegration ”.

“Its architectural and functional philosophy is designed so that prisoners have a first reference space, which becomes the entire residential module and, on the other hand, the cell itself as a more intimate space”, they complete .

A) Yes, Brains 2 has 14 residential modules with three floors and 72 cells each. . It also has other modules for specific services and profiles such as medical offices, professional workshops, canteens, hair salons, classrooms, gym and walking areas with gardens.

In addition to the risk of flight, the judge responsible for making the decision to imprison him considered the change and inconsistencies in the statements that Alves indicated in relation to the charges against him to leave him detained without bond.

Since the case became public, His first version was that he did not know the person who accused him of the attack. Then he commented that he saw her, but nothing happened to her. Finally, he said it was the alleged victim who approached the footballer in the nightclub .

Added to this are the images from the entertainment venue’s security cameras. The Spanish media El Periódico had access to the report on the review of the videos analyzed by the Mossos d’Esquadra.

According to this report, Alves was locked in with the plaintiff for 15 minutes in one of the bathrooms.