Miguel Montes Neiro could get an early release once his various sentences are recalculated to take remand time

Miguel Montes Neiro could get an early release once his various sentences are recalculated to take remand time served Family and friends demonstrated for Miguel Montes Neiro’s release

There is some new hope for release for Spain’s longest serving common prisoner, in a Tuesday ruling from the Supreme Court which has ordered a recalculation of his sentences. Miguel Montes Neiro has been in prison off and on since 1976 and took his appeal to Spain’s highest court after the Granada provincial court refused to allow him to combine his various sentences.

As things currently stand, he is not due for release until 2021 and has held two hunger strikes this year in protest at his situation.

The ruling on Tuesday has now ordered the Granada court to take into account in the calculation the time Montes Neiro has spent in prison on remand for other cases while serving time for separate crimes. This would mean his release from jail ahead of September 2, 2021.

The 61 year old has also applied for a pardon from the government, but it has received negative reports from both the Granada court, the prosecutor and from the jail where he is being held.