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260. The installation of a video-conference system at the centres would enable the
communication with the Administration of Justice in procedural formalities and would
reduce the number of conveyances outside the centre, with all the advantages that this
entails both for the minors and for the custody and security personnel.
261. It is considered necessary to point out that, in the best interest of the minor and to
ensure his right to privacy, security and dignity, the Security Forces and Corps
responsible for transfers should not wear a uniform and should use vehicles without
official signs.
262. Along these lines, the security personnel working at these centres should
consist of persons of both genders, particularly trained in peaceful dispute resolution
and intervention in crises with the maximum respect to the rights of inmates, and that
the use of force in their control be used when all other means have been exhausted
and found unsuccessful and in the manner expressly authorised and described in the
internal regulation of the centre.
263. With regard to healthcare, it is observed with particular concern that the legal
term established for all minors, upon their admission to a centre, to pass a medical
examination before 24 hours have elapsed is not always complied with.
264. It should be ensured that the medical attention received be provided maintaining
the privacy of the minors and, if appropriate, ensuring that they receive adequate
information in respect of the medical treatment that is to be given to them, in a
manner such that they may give their informed consent, not obliging inmates to take
medication or punishing them for failing to do so.
Likewise, it would be advisable to set up forms for the inmate to sign his waiver to take
the medication under his responsibility.
265. It is essential when applying certain medical treatments, when the minor is
incapable either mentally or emotionally of understanding the scope of the
action, to request consent from the legal representative of the minor, after granting the
minor a hearing.
In any case, in the case of an action of serious risk in the opinion of the professional,
the parents should be informed and their opinion will be taken into account to make the
relevant decision.
266. It is wished to bring attention to the clinical record of the inmates. It has been
observed that, on occasion, centres are lacking a record and those that do have one do
not use the same format for all patients, so that a clinical record form should be
established conforming to that contemplated in Act 41/2002, of 14 November, organic
act regulating patient autonomy and rights and obligations relating to clinical reporting
and documentation.
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