Situation of deprivation of liberty
The methodology followed during the visits, to analyse in depth such
healthcare services, is the same as that used in the visits made in
previous years to other CIEs, explained in paragraph 47 of Annual
Report 2012.
Same methodology
41. At the visits made, cases of detainees that it had been attempted to
expel unsuccessfully were analysed, either holding interviews with the interested parties themselves, or reviewing their clinical records. At the CIE of
Madrid, one of these cases had to be investigated during the visit made to
it and, although the detainee had already been expelled, his clinical record
was examined in which various medical reports were observed. The first of
them recorded: “He is returned since he did not fly. He denies any aggression. He is on good state”. A second report, issued by the medical service
of the CIE and addressed to the director of the centre, after a new failed
attempt of expulsion, records: “Detainee (...) with number (...) returns from
the airport stating that he was hit by various officers. Lacerations, erosions,
all of them on his left ankle, knuckles and food and another bump on his left
cheek are observed”. Subsequently, the detainee was referred to Hospital
12 de Octubre for a check-up. The report sent to said Hospital records:
“Patient..., who says he was hit by various police officers to put him in the
aircraft in which he should fly to his country the day before yesterday and
has a bruise that we verified today. We thus request you to consider making an echography to search for a kidney hematoma”. The relevant action
was instituted by the Migrations and Equal Treatment Department of the
Ombudsman’s Office was instituted for these facts and the proceeding is
currently in progress.
Cases of unsuccessful
expulsion
42. At the personal interviews held with detainees during the visits, the
Lack of leisure or
sports material, lack of
communication with lawyers,
little time for visits
most widespread complaints referred to the lack of leisure or sports material; lack of communication with their lawyers; food; the little time they had
for visits and the fact that they were not permitted to make physical contact
with family relatives, particularly in cases in which children were involved.
In respect of the treatment received from officers, most of them had no
complaints for physical ill-treatment although they did mention incorrect
oral treatment from certain officers. At the CIE of Murcia, one of the general
complaints was the difficulty encountered by detainees to file complaints,
since they were lacking paper or pen and some of them even mentioned
that they were not allowed to deposit their complaints in a box enabled for
the purpose and were instead obliged to deliver their complaints to the officer, and the difficulty to access the medical surgery, so that it would be
necessary to report more exhaustively the manner in which to access medical consultation, either through the medical practitioner at the initial checkup, or, through the police authorities, in the general information provided to
them on arrival at the CIE.
43. In respect of body searches, complaints continued to be received on
the matter, such as those of the CIE of Murcia, since certain detainees
considered them to be humiliating. In the personal records of the internees
of any CIE, a form exists, which is the same for all detainees, both men and
women, and in which only the sections related to the officer completing it,
in the name of the detainee, the name of the detainee, his record number
and the time and date on which it is issued, are completed. The specific
Complaints for body
searchers
75
Select target paragraph3
Connect to a paragraph
Connect to an entity
Disable highlights
Add to table of contents