From Francoist prison to reintegration center: The transformation of Madrid's Yeserías prison into the Victoria Kent facility

Summary

This article explores the transformation of the Yeserías prison, the last Francoist prison in Madrid, into the Victoria Kent social reintegration center. It details the history of the facility as a repressive tool during the Franco dictatorship, where political prisoners were held, and contrasts it with its current function as a third-degree penitentiary center where inmates serve the final phase of their sentences, allowing them to leave for up to 16 hours daily. The piece also highlights the demands by memorialist associations to have the site declared a Place of Memory (Lugar de Memoria), and the silence they've received from the central government in response.