Overview
- The Government of the Basque Country has applied article 100.2 to Iurgi Garitagoitia Salegi, a convicted member of ETA found guilty of the 2008 killing of Inaxio Uria and other attacks.
- Article 100.2 lets a prisoner in ordinary second‑degree regime leave daily to work or do volunteer work while returning to the prison each night, a form of controlled semiliberty without granting third degree.
- The measure was proposed by the treatment board at the Gipuzkoa prison and formally approved by the Viceconsejería de Justicia of the regional justice department.
- Recent court decisions and actions by the Public Prosecutor have overturned or contested similar releases for other ETA inmates, so this administrative decision is likely to be subject to appeals or judicial review.
- Victims’ groups have criticized the move and the government says the exits aim to test reintegration through supervised activities that will inform future decisions about the inmate’s regime.