Annual Report 2010 by the National Preventive Mechanism against Torture
needs to be deployed as a
Headquarters in Ciudad Real and the station at Lebrija Town Hall there were
necessary part of police
cameras but they were out of service, though after notice of this situation was
custody procedures
given by this Office it was reported at the first of these establishments that a
complete renovation of the equipment would take place. In Calahorra (La Rioja)
and the Local Police Headquarters in Cordoba there were CCTV cameras in the
main corridor, but in the former location it was not possible to make recordings.
At the local police station in Pamplona (Navarre) cameras are installed in the
common areas but not in the cells, and the recordings made are kept for between
13 and 17 days at the disposal of the Internal Affairs and Investigation
Department. At the local police station in San Sebastian (Guipuzcoa) there are
CCTV cameras in the custody area, including the cells, and the recordings made
are kept for 30 days. A uniform standard for CCTV surveillance and recording
should be deployed at all local police forces, and taken on board as a necessary
part of police custody procedures.
There is no system for
212. Most of the establishments visited were observed to have fire extinguishers
automatically opening cells
and smoke detectors, though none of them had systems for automatically opening
in an emergency and
evacuating detainees
the cells in an emergency or for the urgent evacuation of detainees. The
establishments in Pamplona (Navarre) and Santander (Cantabria) had no fire
fighting measures at all in place, so a request was made for proper measures to be
provided.
Except in Haro (La Rioja)
213. Detainees communicate with custodial officers directly by voice, except at
detainees communicate
the local police establishment in Haro (La Rioja), where there is a call bell in the
directly by voice
cell. At most of the establishments visited it was reported that there was always at
least one officer on guard duty while the cells were occupied, except in Lebrija
and Marchena (Seville), where there was no continuous presence of officers. This
needs to be remedied.
Detainees do not undergo
214. There is no medical examination of detainees on entering or leaving the
medical examinations.
cells, through healthcare is available if necessary. Detainees who feel unwell or
Healthcare is available if
necessary
wish to see a doctor must inform the personnel at the establishment, who decide
whether they should be moved to the allocated healthcare facility. If a detainee
shows any signs of infectious or contagious disease, the usual prophylactic
precautions are applied and the detainee is isolated. It was reported at almost all
the establishments visited that there were no special protocols in place for dealing
with pregnant female detainees. Protocols should be introduced for both the
aforesaid situations.
Food is usually acquired
from a nearby bar
215. The food served to detainees is usually acquired from a nearby bar, though
some of the establishments visited had machines that dispensed food. As a general
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