The prison system's response to the murder of a cook at Mas d'Enric has not satisfied all workers. In fact, it has fueled protests from some prison professionals. Two years after the crime, some workers denounce a "sustained discrimination" compared to their colleagues, security officers. Those protesting are staff from the same public company where Núria López worked when an inmate killed her and then committed suicide. Now, the inter-center committee – which represents the workers of this company throughout Catalonia – threatens a strike if the Generalitat does not agree before next Tuesday to give them the same improvements that Interior officials and other professionals in the sector have received.

On January 8, Èric will return to Lledoners prison, where he had already spent two years in pretrial detention for sexually assaulting a minor. He has just over two weeks of freedom left after the Barcelona Provincial Court ratified the plea agreement on December 3, sentencing him to six and a half years in prison.

A few weeks ago, after returning home from work, Enric made himself something to eat, took a shower, and lay down on his bed with music playing softly in the background. A song he used to listen to during difficult times came on, and he remembered past experiences. He opened his eyes and realized he was home. "My time has come. I'm okay, and I'm happy," he thought.