One of the Pope's stops in Catalonia will be at Brians 1 prison, in Sant Esteve Sesrovires. With a little more than a week to go before the visit, a group of 14 human rights defense entities has written a letter to Leo XIV warning him of the state of the Catalan prison system, which they say "shows signs of clear regression". Regarding Brians 1 specifically, they add that in recent years it is the prison "that has received the most complaints for alleged mistreatment, isolation practices, mechanical restraints, and also suicides, which are often a consequence of them".

The main suspect in the 2001 murder of Helena Jubany, Santi Laiglesia, was released from Brians 1 prison on Thursday after spending 41 days in pretrial detention. The Barcelona Provincial Court accepted an appeal from his defense to overturn the decision of the investigating judge in the case, who He was sent to pretrial detention on November 28.The judges, like the Sabadell judge investigating the case, believe there is sufficient evidence against Laiglesia, but they think that after 25 years it is unlikely he will attempt to evade justice and do not see it as necessary for him to await trial in prison. He will be able to do so on provisional release, but without his passport – he is prohibited from leaving the country – and with the obligation to appear in court once a month.