Annual Report 2013 of the National Preventive Mechanism Mechanical restraint bed in CP Puerto III (Cádiz) Absence of video-surveillance in mechanical restraint cells 117. Most CPs do not have video-surveillance in mechanical restraint cells. As an exception the CPs reporting to the Department of Justice of the Government of Catalonia, and some CPs of the SGIP, do have them, which is a good practice. This is the case of the CP of Córdoba and of one of the two immobilisation cells of CP Puerto I (Cádiz), at which, however, video recordings are not made. It must be remembered that, in the opinion of this Institution, the video-surveillance system should cover and record the pictures of all the cells where mechanical restraints are applied. The SGIP rejected this criterion, stating that it is impossible to for personnel to view the video-surveillance screens, given the number of personnel available. Picture of a mechanical restraint cell in CP Puerto I (Cádiz), with videosurveillance Suggestion to change the conditions of the isolation department in CP Villabona (Asturias) 104 118. At CP Villabona (Asturias), the isolation department has precarious architectural and highly restrictive features even for facilities of this kind. The metal mesh covering the yards of the unit, which are classified by the inmates as “cages” should be pointed out, since this is incompatible with facilities the purpose of which is for persons

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