Luis BárcenasEuropa PressTreatment Board of the ‘Madrid V’ prison, decides to apply article 100.2 of the Penitentiary RegimeIf Penitentiary Institutions and the court agree, he could go to work and sleep in an open social integration centerBárcenas is sentenced to 31 years in prison for The Gürtel Plot The former treasurer of the Popular Party, Luis Bárcenas, is a little closer to reaching the semi-liberty regime, after the Treatment Board of the ‘Madrid V’ penitentiary, located in Soto del Real, has decided to apply the article 100.2 of the Penitentiary Regime, as confirmed by NIUS. Bárcenas, 66, has already been imprisoned for six years, after receiving a 31-year sentence for the Gürtel Plot. Now it must be the General Secretariat of Penitentiary Institutions and the court who decide if finally he is granted 100.2, a decision that could come in a few weeks. Work and sleep in a CIS With his new situation penit Essentially, Bárcenas could make his regime more flexible to get out of jail to work. He would also be allowed to sleep in an open facility, such as a Center for Social Integration (CIS). In his case it could be the ‘Victoria Kent’, located in Delicias (Madrid). Article 100.2 is usually applied to inmates who have the possibility of finding a job, a situation in which Bárcenas finds himself. 31 years in prison Bárcenas was sentenced to 31 years in prison for two pieces of the Gürtel case. The former treasurer of the PP entered prison for the first time on a preventive basis on June 27, 2013 while the Gürtel case was being investigated. He was imprisoned until January 22, 2015 after paying bail of 200,000 euros. He re-entered prison on May 28, 2018, after hearing the sentence of the National Court for the so-called ‘time I’ of the Gürtel case, for which has already served six years in prison.