High-ranking 'corruption' politicians in prison live on 80 euros a week and cannot take a shower without permission
Friday, November 7, 2014 @ 8:04 PM
FORMER deputy president of Madrid Francisco Granados and his close business associate David Marjaliza are living on 80 euros a week in jail, can only make 10 phone calls a week, and have to ask permission to take a shower, reports claim.
And to add insult to injury, Granados (pictured) has been sent to the prison in Estremera in the outskirts of the capital – the very centre he cut the red tape on during the official opening ceremony in July 2008.
Marjaliza, said to have 'adapted better' to being behind bars than his political sidekick, is in the prison in Aranjuez just to the south of the city, whilst the leader of the provincial council, or Diputación of León, Marcos Martínez, is in the one in Navalcarnero, also in the Greater Madrid region.
They are among a total of 53 people arrested in a massive nationwide corruption swoop, who include business owners and politicians – mainly on the right-wing PP, but with members of all parties involved – accused of giving or taking back-handers in undeclared cash in exchange for lucrative public works contracts.
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