Annual report 2011: Spain’s National Preventive Mechanism
Video-surveillance
Video-surveillance system: installation, extension, modernisation, etc.
Establishment
Competent authority
Paragraph of Annual
Report 2010
Courts of San Bartolomé
de Tirajana & Las Palmas
de Gran Canaria
Dept. of the Presidency,
Justice & Equality of the
Regional Govt. of the
Canary Islands
236 & 477
Magistrate’s & Criminal
Courts of A Coruña
Dept. of the Presidency,
Public Administrations
& Justice of the Regional
Govt. of Galicia
236 & 477
Magistrate’s Courts of
Plaza de Castilla, Madrid
Dept. of the Presidency
& Justice of the Regional
Govt. of Madrid &
Secretariat General for
Prisons
236 & 477
There are differences in criteria
between the two administrations
concerning who has the authority to
install video-surveillance systems.
Courthouse complex in
Pamplona
Dept. of the Presidency,
Justice & the Interior of
the Regional Govt. of
Navarre
236 & 477
The criterion laid down in §477 is
accepted and specific orders have been
given for its implementation.
236 & 477
Extension of video-surveillance at
courthouse buildings in León & Palma
de Mallorca: no reply has yet been
received to the recommendations
made.
Courthouses answerable
to the Ministry of Justice
Secretariat of State for
Justice
Reply received
The criterion of the NPM as per §477 is
accepted, and will be factored into the
study into the potential renovation of
video-surveillance systems that is
under way.
Video-surveillance monitors
National Police Force
Establishments
Ministry of the Interior
(Police)
55
The criterion of the Ombudsman is
accepted and monitors are being
installed insofar as budgetary
constraints permit. The Central
Registry of Detainees and the Central
District station in Madrid have been
checked.
Ertzaintza
Basque Govt. Dept. of
the Interior
126
No reply has yet been received to the
recommendations made.
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