The court authorizes two more convicts in the AP 470 case to work outside their cells.
Judge Leila Cury, of the Criminal Enforcement Court of the Federal District, released this Tuesday (1st) the benefit of working outside prison for former deputies Valdemar Costa Neto and Bispo Rodrigues, convicted in Criminal Action 470; the judge complied with a determination of the Supreme Federal Court (STF) which, last week, authorized the benefit for convicts in semi-open regime.
From Agência Brasil
Judge Leila Cury, of the Federal District's Criminal Enforcement Court, today (1st) released the benefit of working outside prison for former deputies Valdemar Costa Neto and Bispo Rodrigues, convicted in Criminal Action 470, the mensalão trial. The judge complied with a determination by the Supreme Federal Court (STF) which, last week, authorized the benefit for convicts in semi-open regime.
With this decision, Costa Neto and Bispo Rodrigues will return to work in the administrative department of a restaurant in Brasília and a radio station, respectively, and will be transferred from the Papuda Prison in the Federal District to the Penitentiary Progression Center (CPP), a facility for prisoners who are authorized to work during the day.
On Tuesday, the judge also authorized the external work of former Chief of Staff José Dirceu. He will work in the library of his friend José Gerardo Grossi's law firm in Brasília.