Long live free (and imprisoned) Catalonia

Oh, holy Virgin of the Push. L'ARA breaks a story saying that Catalan prisons are at the limit. Meaning we have more prisoners than cells in the prisons, well. In the Figueres one “there are inmates sleeping in the infirmary instead of the usual modules because they don't fit there” and, in Lledoners, there are some who “were serving isolation sanctions in the intake module, where they normally only place those who have just arrived at the prison”. The Department of Justice publishes that prisons are at 95%. On August 31st there were 9,597 prisoners and the total capacity of the system is 10,016.

Friends, let's not lose heart. If there is one thing we Catalans have, it is an entrepreneurial spirit. Doing a simple subtraction (so easy that you don't even need to ask the AI), we have that we are only missing 419 criminals (and we need parity in this, too). It seems easy to reach them. However, then, for the numbers to add up, we must not do what we always say at the bar: “They come in one door and leave through the other!” Once we reach 10,016, a nice round number, we would need to take action. If, as until now, those in isolation are placed in the intake area, those in intake could be left in the director's restroom.

We haven't reached the level in the PISA tests, we haven't won the Grossa lottery, we are not —as Toni Soler says— a world power. At this moment, Irish and Scots are talking about independence, while we are sitting under the fig tree. But the world will finally look at us if we reach 10,016 inmates and continue to climb and climb. Finally, we will excel at something. In organized crime. In delinquency. Until now, anyone who lived and worked in Catalonia was Catalan. Now, it will be whoever lives inside (in module 3) and works outside (on our streets). Seeking excellence. Behold our motto.