Places of Medium-Term Deprivation of Liberty
Graphic 16. Geographical location of the military detention centres visited
in 2010
288. The EDMs visited are centres with a variable capacity: 63 military personnel
at the EDM Centro in Colmenar Viejo (Madrid), 54 at the EDM Norte en Leon,
54 at the EDM Sur in San Fernando (Cadiz), 25 at the EDM in Ceuta and 33 at the
EDM in Melilla. The average occupancy in all cases was well below the number of
places. The EDMs provide facilities for detaining military personnel of both sexes
and any rank; however, the detainees are largely male and enlisted soldiers.
They have a variable
289. Like CIEs, the EDMs are not considered to be prisons, but in this case
— and as opposed to the detention centres for foreign nationals — the buildings
and the everyday living regime do not remind one of a detention centre. In fact,
the living conditions are similar to those of a military unit.
Like CIEs, they are not
290. The establishments visited are in a good condition and well maintained.
Good state of repair and
They usually have two areas, with the first of these containing the administrative
maintenance of the
facilities and visiting halls and the second have the premises where the military
personnel serve their sentence. The latter area has separate male and female
capacity. The average
occupancy of those visited
was below the number of
places available
considered penitentiary
establishments
establishments visited. The
area where the sentences
quarters for enlisted soldiers, as well as a third sector or block for officers of both
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