Annual Report 2013 of the National Preventive Mechanism
under restricted contact with other inmates; 2) transfer to the acute patients unit in a room with video-surveillance for patients with high risk
of suicide; 3) transfer to the acute patients unit in isolation, going out
to the yard without contact with other patients; 4) Regimental Special
Surveillance (Vigilancia Especial Regimental – “VER”), for patients
whose attitude intimidates, threatens or extorts the rest, or who recently attacked an officer or another inmate. Under the VER regime,
the patient is held in the acute patients unit in an individual room and is
allowed out to the yard for one hour without coinciding with the rest of
the patients, and special security and violent act prevention measures
are applied, such as daily search of the room and belongings. It was
observed that the duration of the measure is approximately one week.
Observation room of the acute
patients unit at the HPP of
Seville
At UHPP-C (Barcelona), when such situations arise, the “living regime
of Separation of the Patient from the Surroundings (Régimen de Vida
con Separación del Paciente del Entorno –“RVSE”) and the Restricted
Living Regime (Régimen de Vida Restringido –“RVR”) are applied.
Under the RVSE, the patient remains, alone or with other patients, in a
room free from potentially hazardous objects (room M-13 or “Mille”), in
which he may be observed by the infirmary personnel. This room contains only one central table and several chairs anchored to the floor.
Patients remain in room for between a few hours to days, the measure
to be reassessed in the shift changes by the referral psychiatrist. The
RVR is implemented in the room of the inmate. The inmate remains
locked in the room, activities are suspended and he is only allowed to
go to the yard at times when there are no other inmates.
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