The left wing of the second floor of the old Palma prison suffered a fire this Wednesday, around 3:50 PM, as a result of which two people required medical attention for smoke inhalation. Several units from the Palma Firefighters, who extinguished the fire, and agents from the Immediate Intervention Unit of the Palma Local Police were dispatched to the scene.

The left wing of the second floor of the old Palma prison suffered a fire this Wednesday, around 3:50 PM, for which two people required medical attention for smoke inhalation. Several units of the Palma Firefighters, who extinguished the fire, as well as agents of the Immediate Intervention Unit of the Local Police of Palma, were dispatched to the scene.

The Palma City Council plans to transform the site of the old prison into a new residential complex with more than a hundred endowment homes. The project includes around 130 apartments, with a combination of protected, assisted living, and affordable rental housing.

The census of the former Palma prison has risen to 226 residents after some errors were corrected, while the City Council is working against the clock to carry out the eviction of the building. This was explained by the Mayor of Palma, Jaime Martínez, at the press conference following the meeting of the Municipal Governing Board held this Wednesday, at which the revised count was approved. Most of these people have already been notified of the eviction, and the rest will be notified shortly. At the same time, the City Council is receiving and analyzing the appeals submitted by those affected.

More than 200 people gathered this Friday in front the old prison of Palma for protesting against the eviction of residents and for demanding a real housing solution.

HePalma City Council The city has removed some 240 homeless people from the municipal register after initiating a review of the city's resident registry in the last four months of 2025. The handling of the case has sparked considerable controversy because it involves basic rights, especially after the initial explanations of the Councilor for Social Services were called into question. Lourdes Rocawhich even the City Council has contradicted.

None of the people residing in theformer Palma prison ha voluntarily abandoned the property At this time. This was pointed out on Wednesday by the spokesperson for Cort, Mercedes Celeste, when asked about it at the press conference following the municipal government meeting. For now, the number of people who have been notified of the eviction remains at around 170, the same as a week ago. "We continue to inform those who have not yet been notified, but we have no record of anyone saying they want to leave voluntarily," the councilwoman said.

The Socialist group in the Consell de Mallorca has accused the Mallorcan Institute of Social Affairs (IMAS) of "abandoning" the more than 200 people who will soon be evicted from the former Palma prison. According to the Socialists, the eviction was carried out in a "hasty, improvised, and deeply irresponsible" manner.

The Palma City Council is still awaiting a response from the institutions to which it has sent official communications regarding the crisis caused by the eviction of the former Palma prison, where more than 200 people are registered as living. At the press conference following the Governing Board meeting, spokesperson Mercedes Celeste admitted that they do not have permanent solutions, but emphasized that they will be able to provide "temporary accommodation" to all those who voluntarily participate in the eviction process.

The Palma City Council has begun delivering eviction notices to the 206 people currently residing in the former Ciutat prison, a decision adopted at an extraordinary Governing Board meeting held this Friday. This step opens a five-day period for the occupants to submit appeals, in a process that has already drawn criticism from social organizations, such as the Platform of People Affected by Mortgages (PAH), and opposition groups who warn of a possible violation of fundamental rights.

The situation of the approximately 200 residents of Palma's former prison was the main topic of discussion at Thursday's Palma City Council meeting. Several people living in the abandoned complex spoke, supported by the Platform of People Affected by Mortgages (PAH), to demand a solution before the eviction announced by the City Council takes place. PAH representative Àngela Pons summed up the problem in one sentence: "Will they leave 200 people homeless to build a roundabout?"

Palma City Council has repeatedly stated that between 60% and 70% of residents of the old prison of Palma They are undocumented immigrants. The city council is thus refusing to assume responsibility for helping them and points out that the Spanish government is responsible for this problem. The first deputy mayor of Palma, Javier Bonet, asserted on Tuesday that the State "has full jurisdiction over people who are undocumented." "If it has been able to build a tent for all the immigrants arriving by boat, it should also be able to address this housing crisis," he emphasized. In contrast, the Spanish government delegation in the Balearic Islands, which is awaiting the City Council's proposal at a meeting of the Local Security Board, believes that the situation of the former prison "requires each institution to exercise its powers to offer a response" to the situation.

The eviction of the old prison of Palma It has already begun, as evidenced by a large tent set up by the Palma Local Police at the back entrance of the prison. Nearly 200 people, according to figures from the Palma City Council (Cort), will have to leave their homes in a few days, and the City Council has offered them "no housing solutions," according to everyone interviewed by ARA Baleares. "The only option they've given us is the street," laments a young man who prefers to remain anonymous.

The Palma City Council has begun the eviction process offormer Palma prison And next week, the nearly 200 people who live there will be evicted. This was announced by the First Deputy Mayor and Councillor for Tourism, Culture, Sports, and Municipal Coordination, Javier Bonet. Starting this Wednesday at 7:00 a.m. and continuing until Friday, the Police Local authorities, in conjunction with social services, will begin monitoring access to the facilities to identify its residents and compile an updated census. Anyone who fails to identify themselves at the access checkpoint will not be listed as a resident of the former prison and, starting Friday, will not be allowed to re-enter. On February 27, those previously identified will be notified that they must vacate the premises and will be given five days to submit any objections. Once the objection period ends, they will be given four days to leave the premises. "In the event of resistance, we will seek authorization from the courts," Bonet emphasized.

Palma firefighters rescued four people trapped in the old prison due to a large fire early Saturday morning.

Upon hearing the word 'mafias', Joana (a fictitious name), a woman who lives in the old prison of Palma For almost four years now, her face has been a mess. She gets nervous and says she knows nothing. "Here, to live well, you have to be like a monkey: see, hear, and keep quiet." She repeats it over and over: "My health isn't good, I never leave my house; I don't see anything and I don't know anything." She's afraid. In fact, she agrees to tell her story in a bar, far from the prison, so that no one will know—or sense—that she's talking about this with anyone.

Approximately 200 residents of Cas Capiscol demonstrated this Friday to say "no to crime" and demanded "security, civic responsibility, and respect," as well as "immediate solutions" for the former Palma prison and the nearly 300 people who live there. "We want to take our children to school without fear," "A safe environment also educates," "Neglect puts our children at risk," and "We want a well-cared-for neighborhood, not a forgotten one" were some of the slogans displayed by the demonstrators on orange banners. The president of the Cas Capiscol Residents' Association, Biel González, called for solutions for the neighborhood's residents and also for the inhabitants of the former prison. "It's very dangerous in terms of security and health," he said. He noted that in recent months, "low-intensity" acts of vandalism have proliferated. "The other day, someone snatched a neighbor's purse, and another person was mugged from behind," she reported. The children of CEIP Cas Capiscol were also at the demonstration and were demanding "security," because they suffer daily from the consequences of the tense coexistence that has recently developed between the neighbors and some residents of the former prison. "There have been robberies at the school gates, they see people loitering around the school with evidence of having used drugs, people showering in the fire hydrants, they smell tire smoke," said the school's principal, Ana Eva Álvarez. For this reason, the school has adopted a staff agreement to reinforce security at the entrances, has changed the entrance and exit doors, and has put up tarpaulins in the playground to prevent incidents. "And we want to continue like this, but that means extra reinforcement, and teachers shouldn't have to be police officers," she stated.

The National Police searched early Wednesday morningformer Palma prisonPolice have arrested one person and identified 160 others, as confirmed to ARA Baleares by security sources. They added that the arrested individual committed a property crime. The police operation was described as "a typical search, the kind carried out to determine the population density of the facility. Individuals are identified to verify they have no outstanding warrants or criminal records," explained sources from the National Police. However, this is not the first time security officers have visited the former Palma prison to identify its residents. But this time, unlike previous operations, the police did not issue any eviction notices, according to some of the prison's inhabitants who spoke to this newspaper.