13. In 2011 a total of 77 inspection visits were made to 72 places of deprivation
of liberty throughout Spain (2 prisons and 3 centres for young offenders were
visited twice). The locations and types of establishment are listed in Graphic 1.
77 inspection visits were
made in 2011
Table 1. Types of place of deprivation of liberty inspected
PLACES OF DEPRIVATION OF LIBERTY
INSPECTED
Nº of places
visited
Nº of visits
made
District police stations & other places of short-term
deprivation of liberty: National Police
13
13
Barracks and other places of short-term custody:
Civil Guard
12
12
Prisons
10
12*
Centres for young offenders
8
11**
Local police stations
7
7
Courtroom holding cells
7
7
Secure hospital units
4
4
Regional police establishments (Mossos d’Esquadra,
Ertzaintza & General Police Force of the Canary Isles)
3
3
Detention centres for foreign nationals
3
3
Military detention centres
2
2
Primary assistance & detention centres for foreign
nationals
1
1
Police facilities at border control posts
1
1
National Police units attached to Regional
Autonomous Communities
1
1
72
77
Total
* Two prisons were visited twice: Castelló/Castellón and the women’s prison in Alcalá de Guadaíra
(province of Seville).
** Three centres for young offenders were visited twice: Albaidel in Albacete, El Molino in Almería
and Pi Gros in Castelló/Castellón.
14. In 2011 inspection visits were made to places of deprivation of liberty of
types not visited the previous year. These include the Psychiatric Prison Hospital
in Alicante, a National Police unit attached to a Regional Autonomous Community (Regional Government of Valencia), the Primary Assistance & Detention
Centre for Foreign Nationals at the port of Almería and the Incarcerated Mothers
Unit in Seville.
More types of
15. Multi-disciplinary inspection visits are more intensive and are organised
differently: most of them last between two and four days. The new method also
entails several days’ work prior to the visit, and more detailed follow-up work in
preparing reports and minutes.
Multi-disciplinary visits
THE OMBUDSMAN OF SPAIN
establishment were visited
involve 2-4 days of work
on site
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