Long-term deprivation of liberty
means that the minors in the facility do not have a contact person day-to-day,
neither is there tutoring nor regulated spaces where educators can make
personalised interventions. The competent administrations in Asturias and
La Rioja have accepted the conclusions put forward.
83. The Virgen de Valvanera CMI does not guarantee the right to receive
compulsory education. Rather, educational provision to minors is main-
Education
§275 AR 2014
tained by the good faith and efforts of the educators, some of whom are
qualified teachers, since there are no teachers from the education service
allocated to the facility nor who travel there to provide compulsory education to detained minors. The Department of Social, Family, Equality and
Justice Policy of the Government of La Rioja has argued that the ratio of
minors necessary for a teacher to attend the facility has not been reached.
84. Suggestions were put forward, and have been accepted, after confirming that transfers of minors outside of the centre are not always
Civilian transfers
§261 AR 2014
carried out by plainclothes law enforcement organisations and in vehicles
without official markings (Las Moreras, Marcelo Nessi and Sograndio).
85. An intervention protocol in relation to distressed young detainees
Transfer of distressed inmates
should be developed which establishes how to carry out transfers of distressed and/or anxious inmates (Es Pinaret CMI). The Family and Social
Services Department of the Government of the Balearic Islands has accepted the conclusion, establishing protocols to that effect.
86. The video surveillance systems in some centres do not meet the
NPM criteria that they should cover all communal spaces as well as rooms
used for solitary confinement or isolation from the group (Las Moreras and
Video surveillance system
§477 AR 2010
§258 AR 2014
Virgen de Valvanera). The conclusion has been accepted in both cases,
with the installation of video surveillance systems pending. During the
follow-up visit to the Sograndio CMI, however, it was verified that cameras
had been installed within the rooms used for group separation. This enables the control and permanent monitoring of the wellbeing of inmates during temporary solitary confinement and group separation, and the constant
watching over of their security, as well as being able to later monitor how
these situations progressed and over what period of time.
87. Finally, some installations in the facilities visited should be improved,
particularly with regard to matters of security. These include intercoms or
Installations
§283 AR 2014
light/audio call systems within rooms, and the mechanical opening of
doors. These conclusions have generally been accepted. In the Es Pinaret
CMI some repairs must be carried out and the solitary confinement unit
should be completely overhauled (the rooms lack ventilation, there is neither recreation room nor office where security guards or educators can
base themselves, and the rooms do not have buzzers). The Administration
on the Balearic Islands has accepted the conclusions brought forward, with
the necessary refurbishment works being planned.
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