Situation of deprivation of liberty
150. With regard to the profile of the patients, the HPP of Seville has
three units for patients without a specific profile and one unit for miscellaneous patients: patients with decompensation of their previous
pathology who require greater supervision (acute patients unit), isolation of patients with disruptive behaviours, newly admitted patients,
patients with reduced mobility, patients included in the suicide prevention plan and patients with serious organic diseases. Since some of
the functions assumed by this unit appear to be incompatible with each
other, it would be advisable to have specific areas and resources available for them not to hinder each other. The SGIP reported that this is
not possible given the current level of occupancy.
Profile of the patients in the
HPP of Seville
In turn, the UHPP-C (Barcelona) is the reference unit in the penitentiary system of Catalonia for acute patients requiring admission into
hospital or who may benefit from certain specific programs implemented at the unit.
Reference unit in the
penitentiary system of
Catalonia
151. At the HPP of Seville, the information delivered to patients upon
Information delivered to
patients on admission
admission is adequate, although it would be desirable for such information to be available in other languages as well as Spanish, for it to
be delivered both to patients and to their family relatives and for it to
be situated in a prominent place in various locations of the centre. The
SGIP reported that, where the budget so permits, the information will
be made available in other languages.
152. Given the particular features of confinement in these centres,
the multidisciplinary team must issue a report every six months on the
state and evolution of the patient for due control by the court. Based on
such information, the Penitentiary Surveillance Judge may submit to
the sentencing judge or court, at least on a yearly basis, a proposal for
maintenance, replacement or substitution of the security measure of
deprivation of liberty. At the HPP of Seville it was observed that, in the
report that is sent to the Penitentiary Surveillance Judge, the section
on action programs is not completed. In the opinion of this Institution,
the information sent at regular intervals to the penitentiary surveillance
judge should be exhaustive, a criterion that was accepted by the SGIP.
153. These establishments must have available rehabilitating activities and individual rehabilitation programs for each patient. A recommendation has been made to the SGIP for both this centre and the
HPP of Fontcalent (Alacant/Alicante) to increase healthcare personnel,
to increase the actual possibilities of performing individual actions and
rehabilitation activities. The SGIP accepted the Recommendation, although it is waiting until this is feasible given the economic situation.
In addition, it is considered that the HPP of Seville should adopt the
necessary measures for an individual action plan to be implemented
with patients including an evaluation and a proposal of therapeutic
objectives and activities, to be updated regularly. The SGIP accepted
and, accordingly, the Multidisciplinary Team of the centre prepared a
specific standard individual action plan.
The information conveyed
regularly to the judge must be
exhaustive
Recommendation for
healthcare personnel in HPPs
of the SGIP
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