Places of Medium-Term Deprivation of Liberty
at any other time (art. 9 in Ministerial Order 97/1993, of 30 September). This
communication is held in dedicated rooms.
305. When detainees arrive at an EDM they are subject to a brief frisking by
A brief frisking is made
security personnel. This search allows confiscating any potentially harmful or
upon arrival. There are no
dangerous items, as well as those belongings whose use is forbidden at the
establishment (e.g., mobile phones). Generally speaking, there are no strip
searches, and if there are, they are conducted in stages. The regulations governing
strip searches. Provision
should be made for their
regulation at the
appropriate level
the interior regime at these establishments do not consider this matter. They
should be regulated at the appropriate level, the authority responsible for ordering
these searches, for the provision of a written record of the search and notification
to the immediate superior of the person responsible at the EDM, for purposes of
supervision and control.
Women are always searched by female personnel. According to the information
Women are searched by
provided by those in charge of the various EDMs visited, whenever there is a
female personne
female member of the military in custody, there is always a female guard on
duty.
306. There is no specific disciplinary regime for remediating and sanctioning
In the event of situations of
the behaviour of detainees during their time at an EDM, with application made in
violent behaviour or
all cases of the general Military Disciplinary Regime. According to the information
provided, in the event of situations of violent behaviour or resistance, application
would be made of the standard restraining methods used by the military police.
The inspection visits made revealed that the guards are suitably identified and did
resistance, application is
made of the standard
restraining methods used
by the military police No
detainees are isolated
not carry arms of any kind in any way, being equipped solely with batons and
handcuffs. It was also indicated that no detainees are isolated, with no facilities set
aside for this purpose.
307. Article 14 of Ministerial Order 97/1993, of 30 September, stipulates that
During their sentence they
whilst serving their sentence at an EDM detainees are to receive general military
are to receive general
training, tactical and technical instruction and take part in physical-sports
military training
activities.
308. An ordinary appeal against the decisions of the director of the EDM may be
An ordinary appeal may
lodged before the military authorities in the region to which the barracks housing
be lodged against the
the establishment is accountable.
THE OMBUDSMAN OF SPAIN
decisions of the director
of the EDM
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