The life of rugby players in prison after the sentence: visits and psychologists before the final destination

After last Monday’s verdict, the eight convicted of the crime of Fernando Báez Sosa continues together in the same pavilion Goalkeeper #3 by Melchor Romero which was his home for more than two years. Their life has not changed much: they share the same cells in pairs and continue their two or three hour breaks in the yard, far from the rest of the common prison population.

Several psychologists visit them dailyprison sources confirmed GlobeLiveMedia, which is relatively common for convicts sentenced to long terms, even prison or life imprisonment. They all received the visits from family and friends last week, the same sources ratified.

Different versions published by various media indicated that the rugby players were separated under a protocol protection of physical integrity for fear of injury after Dolores Oral Criminal Court No. 1 verdict. There was even talk of the fear that they would commit suicide. It has even been said that Maxime Thomsen he was reportedly sent to solitary confinement after fights with several of his accomplices. Senior sources consulted by this means assure that the two rumors they are wrong.

The problem, however, It is not the present, but the future. The situation of director no. 3 is transitory. Today, the court is expected to order their transfers. They can be separated to be sent to different prisons. Where to house those convicted of the most notorious crime of the past decade means a challenge for the Buenos Aires Prison Service. He “media cruelty”as defined by a figure who works on the problem, has repercussions inside the bars.

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Now TV stations are interviewing alleged prisoners who say they will rape rugby players to make them “their wives”. “It weighs on the detainees”ensures the source.

Thomson He was the only defendant to have mentioned his days in prison, in his monologue before the prosecutor in charge of the case, Veronique Zambonialso in February 2020.

“I want to make it clear that we are not in prison as the media say, that they say we have air conditioning, that we have fans, that we are VIP prisoners when in reality we spend the whole night listening to what other prisoners tell us, who shout at us that our heads have a price, that Burlando will defend them, that they want to rape us. They’re shouting at us through the window,” he said at the time.

However, until today, in more than three years Thomsen and his cause suffered no attackthanks to his isolation, which is far from being a regular isolation marked as an internal punishment.

The protection of physical integrity can be maintained, but the position of guardian is temporary and not eternal. “Prison includes, school, workshops, church, sports ground, family reunion, visits; many things that the town hall does not have, since they are locked up all day and only go out for recreation, ”recalls an official. It is precisely in these activities that do not exist in the town halls where they could have interactions with other prisoners that lead to fights and attacks. Hurting or victimizing another more high-profile or famous prisoner to move up the ranks is a constant in life kill.

Those convicted of the murder of Fernando Báez Sosa will face the main problem of the SPB: overcrowding and overcrowding. Buenos Aires prisons have a nominal capacity of approximately 30,000 inmates. Today, they exceed 52,000, according to official data. The penalty of Campanaclosest to Zárate, would be most appropriate to enclose them: proximity to families is a criterion that generally prevails. What happens in practice is something else.

Today Campana is overcrowded. Rugby players could be taken away from their familieshoused in prisons in the interior of Buenos Aires, in units where 90% of inmates from other jurisdictions are generally held.

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