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Nevertheless, it has been observed in the visits made after said instruction was
published that the medical services of the various CIE are unaware of it and,
accordingly, it would be advisable to implement the provisions of said instruction
to ensure its compliance at all CIE.
107. It would be desirable for a Record of demands for healthcare and scheduled
appointments to exist at all CIE, using the same format, stamps and pages, freely
accessible by all inmates, to record, in addition to the demands for healthcare and
schedules appointments, the daily assistance actually provided.
List of medical visits at the CIE of Madrid
108. The medical reports on the injuries that the inmates may show are of particular
importance and it has been observed with concern that these reports are not always
issued. Accordingly, it is pointed out once again that whenever the existence of
injuries is observed in inmates, regardless of the origin attributed to them by the
injured person, an injuries report should be issued.
It is also customary practice, in certain centres, for injury reports to be sent to the
manager for the manager to convey them, if appropriate, to the court controlling the
CIE. The NPM expresses its concern in this respect and has conveyed this to the
authorities, on considering that injury reports should be sent by the medical
practitioner issuing them directly to the duty court, notwithstanding the fact that
this may be reported to the controlling court, to the court that authorised the
internment and to the public prosecution.
109. To ensure control of the correct application of the means of restraint used at
CIE, it is necessary for all of them to have a record book, the completion of
which should be compulsory, recording the name of the inmate, the use of means of
restraint (physical force, handcuffs, temporary separation), the starting and ending
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