Annual Report 2010 by the National Preventive Mechanism against Torture Satisfactory state of 332. In other matters, and generally speaking, the prisons have an adequate cleanliness and condition provision of mattresses, sheets, blankets and towels that are suitably clean and in of bed linen and towels. Own clothes may be worn good condition, and in a sufficient number to cater for all the inmates. The bed linen and personal laundry of inmates, who may wear their own clothes, are washed weekly through a laundry service. The day areas at the more 333. The day areas in the more modern prisons are in a better state of repair modern centres are in a and are equipped with a television and sufficient chairs and tables. At the older better state of repair establishments, as it is general practice to use the same area for recreational use and as a canteen, the conditions tend to be more deficient, whith this sometimes leading to minor incidents because, for example, there are not enough chairs to go round. CCTV should permanently 334. Regarding CCTV surveillance, modern prisons have this system in the cover the entire premises canteens, recreational areas, yards, general corridors, corridors in the blocks, housing the inmates, except inside sanitary facilities and cells. Images workshops, sports centre and socio-cultural area, but not in the cells, visiting rooms or facilities for conducting personal searches and taking down particulars; should be continuously the older ones are more diverse in this respect and with a smaller presence of recorded devices of this nature — excluding perimeter areas —, which sometimes have obsolete systems that, moreover, are not always fully operational. Furthermore, the modern prisons can make recordings, either as requested or permanently, which is rare in the older ones. Accordingly, CCTV should permanently cover the entire premises housing the inmates, with the exception of the inside of sanitary facilities and cells, and the images should be continuously recorded and kept for a pre-established time that is long enough to allow subsequent monitoring by the competent authority. All the centres visited have 335. Regarding fire-fighting measures, it should be noted that certain facilities an emergency protocol. at the prisons have smoke detectors and alarm systems, and all those visited The more modern centres have visible evacuation information have hoses, fire extinguishers and an emergency protocol. According to the prison staff, there are rules for practising evacuation, in addition to the training the guards have already received when they joined the prison service. The more modern centres also have evacuation information displayed in communal areas. Many of the prisons visited 336. The cells in many of the prisons are fitted with an intercom or call system have an intercom or call for notifying staff of any incident. As reported during the inspection visits, the system inside the cells authorities are committed to installing such a system at those prisons that are still without one, such as Alicante-Cumplimiento, Madrid II and in the cells on the ground-floor row at Martutene. Accordingly, the Ombudsman is monitoring the pace at which this commitment is fulfilled. 140 THE OMBUDSMAN OF SPAIN

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