The life of the 39-year-old Brazilian soccer player
Dani Alves
has just taken an unexpected turn.
One of Lionel Messi's main partners in Barcelona in Spain and one of the main figures in the Brazilian team went from being a likeable character recognized for his 42 titles as a professional player, to being
imprisoned in a Catalan jail for being accused of sexually abusing a 23-year-old woman
on New Year's Eve 2023 in the bathroom of a Barcelona nightclub.
Anna Marín, substitute judge in the Barcelona investigative court No. 15, sent the footballer to prison without bail, who is waiting for his judicial process.
The judge was firm in her decision after analyzing the large documentation provided by the
Central Unit for Sexual Assaults (UCAS)
of the Mossos d'Esquadra, the Catalan police, responsible for investigating the rape complaint filed against the Brazilian soccer player who participated of the last World Cup in Qatar.
Dani Alves was transferred this Monday to the Brians 2 Penitentiary Center in Catalonia and is one more prisoner.
He does not have privileges and complies with the protocols like any other penitentiary in the establishment
.
The curious thing is that they decided that he should share a cell with a Brazilian known as Coutinho -also imprisoned for a sexual offense- so that he could adapt quickly.
The entrance to the Brians 2 Penitentiary Center, where Dani Alves is being held.
Coutinho
is not the Brazilian footballer who shared a squad with Dani Alves in Barcelona and in the Brazilian national team, but rather has the same name as the current Aston Villa player in the Premier League.
In Brians 2, Coutinho will be the shadow of Dani Alves.
As reported by the newspaper El Periódico de Catalunya, "
Coutinho will have a very important role in Alves' adaptation to his day-to-day life in prison
, considered a true town, with its hospital, sports center, theater... but with a very severe routine, which starts at 8:00 a.m. and ends at 10:00 p.m. when all the lights in the modules go out.
Dani Alves in his second stage in Barcelona.
(AFP)
According to prison sources quoted by El Periódico, the first impression of those who have lived through the first three days of Alves' stay in Brians 2 allows them to assure that
"he appears to be a tough guy, of great integrity, aware that this could last and knowing that if the prison lasts forever it will be very hard and he will have to adapt as best as possible"
.
This is the jail where Dani Alves is
The indoor sports center of the prison where Dani Alves is.
The Brians 2 prison has 14 residential modules, each with three floors and 72 cells.
In addition, it has two other modules "more for specific services and profiles" and in each module there is a commissary "with basic products for inmates",
a doctor's office, occupational workshops, dining rooms, a hairdresser's and other services
.
Regarding the cells, in Brians 2 they are individual or for two people, since "one of the objectives of the center is to also improve the quality of life of the inmates and their conditions of internment," as announced on the day the center was inaugurated. , as reported by La Vanguardia.
Another feature of Brians 2 is that
each cell has its own shower
.
Thus, Dani Alves will avoid having to go to community showers and the administration covers itself from any possible future complaint in the event that another prisoner manages to photograph the soccer player or make public information about his day-to-day inside the prison.
The swimming pool of the Brians 2 Penitentiary Center, where Dani Alves is imprisoned.
The center occupies a 14-hectare plot of land and has many other facilities, such as
a communications area with 40 booths, 30 family visiting rooms, 30 intimate visiting rooms, eight booths for judges and lawyers
, two videoconference rooms, and two for recognition rounds.
And regarding some of its most outstanding facilities, with the aim of "promoting interpersonal relationships, communication skills and participation by inmates",
Brians 2 also has computer rooms, music rooms, an auditorium with capacity for 250 people, an indoor sports court, three mini-fronton courts, an indoor gym, a swimming pool, a central library and terraces for free activities
.