Situation of deprivation of liberty
in 2014 and account will be rendered of its result in the next Annual
Report of the Ombudsman.
92. At the visits made in 2013 no relevant problems were detected in
the transfers of inmates to external healthcare centres due to lack of
police control to conduct them. According to the information furnished
by the SGIP, at the three CPs which in 2012 had a larger percentage
of loss of medical appointments a major reduction was achieved in
losses of medical appointments: from 26.04% to 4.95% at the CP of
Seville, of 23.11% to 0% at the Prison Psychiatric Hospital of Seville,
and –slightly lower - of 29.01% to 24.42% at the CP of Jaén. Said improvement was verified at the visits to the CPs of Seville and Seville II.
No problems were detected
in transfers of inmates to
external healthcare centres
93. The clinical records of the inmates are not yet computerised, so
that it would be advisable to set up the electronic clinical record and its
connection to the system of the relevant public networks of healthcare
services, according to paragraph 91 of Annual Report 2012.
It would be advisable to set
up the electronic clinical
record of inmates
94. The use of tele-medicine is as yet very limited at most CPs. At the
Very limited use of telemedicine
CP of Segovia, for example, it is only used to review electro-cardiograms, at CP Puerto I it was not used, so that it would be advisable
to promote tele-medicine for medical consultations that so permit, to
reduce the delay and displacement of inmates, in accordance with
paragraph 88 of Annual Report 2012.
95. According to the information made available by the SGIP, one of
the functions of the psychologists is to provide inmates with psychological assistance. Nevertheless, at certain visits it was observed that
the ratio of inmates per professional renders it impossible to make
psychotherapy consultations, which would be highly advisable given
the high rate of mental health disorders among the prison population.
96. Likewise, at certain visits it was observed that the psychiatric assistance was insufficient for the number of inmates with psychiatric
pathologies. At the visit to CP Seville II it was known that in November 2012 the agreement for cooperation existing between the SGIP
and the Health Department of the Government of Andalusia, in the
context of which specialists in psychiatry attended inmates with mental health pathologies, was terminated. Due to this, the Security and
Justice Department of the Ombudsman’s Office instituted a proceeding ex officio with the SGIP, of which account was rendered in the
2013 Annual Report, which states that a new agreement was made in
August 2013. Nevertheless, the necessary arrangements should be
made for all CPs to have specialised psychiatric assistance with the
adequate frequency. Thus, for example, at CP Puerto III (Cádiz) it
was observed that the provision of medical practitioners specialised
in psychiatry was insufficient –which was noted by the CPT at the visit
made in 2011-, since only one psychiatrist provides assistance once
per month for a population of 1,350 inmates. Accordingly, a Suggestion
was made for said CP to provide psychiatric assistance with greater
frequency. However, the SGIP rejected the Suggestion, on considering
that the psychiatric assistance that is provided by the Servicio Andaluz
de Salud (Healthcare Service of Andalusia) is sufficient.
Psychological assistance to
inmates
Insufficient psychiatric
assistance
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