The article reports that only 58 of the 140 ETA prisoners remain in maximum security, according to Sare, a citizen network. Sare plans protests, arguing that a 15 year anniversary of ETA's cessation of violence should not be marred by continuing 'exceptional' prison policies. They claim ordinary law would allow all prisoners open-regime sentences.
The majority of ETA prisoners have achieved semi-freedom through third-degree sentences. Covite, a victims' association, denounces these progressions as fraudulent, claiming the prisoners lack remorse. They highlight that 18 prisoners have received semi-freedom since the socialist MarÃa Jesús San José's arrival at the Ministry of Justice, with only one deemed truly disassociated from radical groups.
Covite expresses concern about the rapid decrease in ETA prisoners in closed regime, linking this to the Basque Nationalist Party's (PNV) actions in the past and EH Bildu's political aims. They predict the emptying of prisons of ETA prisoners in a short time.