Situation of deprivation of liberty
fact that no video-surveillance exists in the cells where immobilisations
are carried out in most CPs, as mentioned above, is of particular relevance. The SGIP reported that, to the extent permitted by the budget,
video-surveillance systems will be installed at those CPs at which,
given their age, this is more efficient and has more favourable effects.
Thus, they informed us that such systems had been installed at certain
CPs such as those of Badajoz, Castellón, Cuenca, Madrid I, Melilla
and Valladolid. In addition, as regards the protocol for the recording
and storage of images taken by the video-surveillance systems, it was
reported that an instruction to regulate video-surveillance in the penitentiary context is being prepared.
In addition, at the CP of Segovia, several cameras were broken down
and cuts occurred in the electricity supply interrupting the recordings.
The SGIP reported that the cameras were being gradually replaced
and that the breakdowns had been repaired.
142. At certain CPs, such as Puerto I (Cádiz) and Villabona (Asturias),
cells did not have a centralised mechanical opening system, which
would be advisable to enable an urgent and fast evacuation in emergencies, in accordance with paragraph 156 of Annual Report 2011.
Nevertheless, the SGIP reported that it was currently not possible to
install these systems at CPs that do not have them available given the
high cost involved and the difficulty of carrying out these actions at
operating CPs.
143. The age of the visited centres differed. The oldest was the CP
for men of Barcelona, of 1904; it was followed by CP Puerto I (Cádiz),
of 1981; the CP of Seville, of 1989; CP Villabona (Asturias), of 1991;
the CP of Segovia, of 2000; the CP of Córdoba of 2002; CP Puerto III
(Cádiz), of 2007; and, the most recent, CP Seville II, of 2008. The age
of the facilities was obvious at the CP for men of Barcelona and CP
Puerto I (Cádiz). In respect of the former, it must be mentioned that it
is expected to close when so permitted by the budget. In respect of CP
Puerto I (Cádiz), the following deficiencies are to be pointed out: the
water pipes have a bad odour, there is an excessive presence of mosquitoes, it has no heating or air conditioning for use by inmates, certain
areas were in a poor state of repair, with damp in some cells, the unit
yards had no roofed area to permit their use in bad weather conditions
and the cells had a squat toilet instead of an anti-vandal toilet.
Absence of a mechanical
opening centralised system in
some CPs
Age of some of the centres
visited
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