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Dani Alves transferred to another prison to “guarantee security”

Accused of rape and in pre-trial detention since Friday, Brazilian footballer Dani Alves was transferred Monday to a neighboring prison near Barcelona with smaller buildings in order to “guarantee security and normal cohabitation” within the center.

The former player of the Mexican club Pumas was first taken to Brians 1 prison on Friday, some 40 kilometers from the great Catalan metropolis. But to better ensure the safety and proper functioning of the prison pavilions where the prisoners live, the Catalan prison authorities have decided to transfer the 39-year-old player to the Brians 2 prison, which adjoins the one where he was until then.

This penal center houses more inmates, but the buildings where they are incarcerated are smaller, with an average of 80 prisoners per unit compared to around 200 in Brians 1. This smaller size lends itself better to housing famous inmates like Dani Alves , indicated these penitentiary sources, assuring that no incident was at the origin of this transfer. After submitting to an assessment by the agents of the new center, Alves should in principle share a cell with another inmate for the next few days.

A young woman accuses Alves of raping her at the end of December in the toilets of a fashionable Barcelona nightclub, according to a source familiar with the matter. The contradictions in the player’s speech and the risk of flight abroad were decisive in the judge’s decision, said the same source.

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