Processing by the Ombudsman of complaints of ill treatment tain them had to be applied. As a result, seven police officers and six detainees were injured. All were transferred to a medical facility and later detained and charged with assaulting an officer of the law, resistance and harm. They were committed to jail cells in the Regional Police Headquarters for Almeria, with the exception of one who had injured a foot when jumping from the bus and was admitted to the Secure Unit of the Torrecárdenas Hospital in Almeria and was awaiting surgery. As a result of these events, Proceedings number 10445/15 were heard by Pre-trial Investigation Court No.1 in Almeria, before which the detainees appeared. It was not possible to follow-up on the healthcare provided to the inmate who suffered the aforementioned injuries since they left the secure unit where they were committed, left the hospital of their own accord and have not been located. 190.  This institution was also approached by an association reporting the case of a young detainee in the Fuerte Purísima Residential Educational Facility for Minors. This facility takes in unaccompanied young male foreign nationals aged between 12 and 18 years who have been neglected. According to the minor’s statements, they were assaulted by two educators in the centre. Some volunteers from the association located the minor. He had haematomas and wounds and stated his wish to report the events. The following day, the minor notified these volunteers that the staff in the facility had not accompanied him to file their report, nor to the medical services. The volunteers therefore accompanied the minor to the emergency services, which issued the corresponding report, and also to the CNP Station to report the assault. The latter was not possible due to the absence of a translator and of a representative from the children’s protection services. Having been unable to find an educator to accompany them, the minor tried again, unsuccessfully, to file their report. The minor was put off until the following day, which is when the officers indicated that the report could be made to the Civil Guard. An educator arrived and accompanied the minor to the facility without filing the report. In view of the fact that the minor found it possible to report the events, that same day the volunteers from the association filed a report to the Civil Guard. Injuries in the Fuerte Purísima Facility for Minors (Melilla) Proceedings were begun before the Public Prosecutor, as a result of which the Prosecutor’s Office for the Melilla Area reported that Proceedings had been initiated under No. 32/15 into reports made by two minors of ill treatment received by care workers in the La Purísima facility, and that the Department of Social Wellbeing and Health of the Autonomous City of Melilla had been requested to provide the identity of said care workers. This official request has been reiterated. 191.  With regard to incidents in Young Offender Institutions, an ex officio proceeding was also initiated after this institution had access to a video that showed two youths with their hands and feet bound, one of whom was lying face down, sobbing and asking for water, in the Tierras de Oria Facility for Minors in Almeria. With ex officio proceedings under way with the Justice and Interior Departments of the Government of Andalusia, Young Offender Institutions Restraints in the Tierra de Oria Facility for Minors (Almería) §254 AR 2014 131

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