Situation of deprivation of liberty
budgetary reasons, only one general and one sports newspapers
were acquired.
74. In respect of the visit made in 2010, when video cameras only
existed for the internal halls of the facilities and the yards, it was observed that the number of cameras had been increased, up to a total
15, recording 24 hours, currently covering all common areas. Black
and white image recordings were kept for 15 days and colour recordings only for 12. Any member on service could view and search for
images, but only five duly empowered persons were able to extract
them.
75. Healthcare services provided to the detainees had not changed
since the last visit and were provided by members of the Healthcare Military Corps, two days per week at the EDM and, where appropriate, by medical practitioners of public hospitals or healthcare
centres. In emergencies, the 112 service was warned. A dispensary
for check-up of detainees was available at the EDM and a medical
check-up was made on all detainees upon their arrival at the centre,
within a maximum 24 hours and, in the case of pregnant women, the
instructions of the medical services were followed, even avoiding
confinement in the EDM, suspending service of the penalty.
76. Visits of family relatives of detainees are made in a room, at the
entrance of the EDM, on a morning and afternoon timetable. Friends
may only visit in the afternoons. In respect of vis-à-vis visits, which
are not authorised, it may occur that various penalties are joined
for serious infringements to be served in an EDM, so that arrestees
may have to stay for up to four months. This means that an arrestee
may be deprived of liberty for longer than a person who perpetrated
a crime; however, the criminal would be entitled to a vis-à-vis visit
on serving sentence at a military prison, in an area enabled for the
purpose. For that purpose, since visits of this kind are not specifically
prohibited by Ministerial Order 97/1993, the Ministry for Defence was
requested to include this possibility in the Book of Internal Regulations. Said Ministry reported that it was waiting to receive the report
from the legal services on the amendment to the law, and the report
to adapt the facilities as recommended.
77. In respect of body searches, although it is considered that this
practice is duly regulated by article 10 of Basic Law 9/2011, on rights
and duties of members of the Armed Forces, the Book of Internal
Regulations should specify the cases in which it is appropriate and
the person who should perform them, pending amendment of the
report of the legal services of the Ministry for Defence
78. On entering the centre inmates are adequately informed of their
rights and of the living and social rules of the centre. The relevant
procedure for the filing of complaints, suggestions or requests is
made available to the arrestees, which are referred through the statutory channels to the director of the centre for verification and answer, providing a receipt of their submission with the relevant record
number. If necessary, complaints are referred to a higher instance.
Increase of the number of
video cameras
Healthcare provided to
detainees
Visits of family relatives and
friends, vis-à-vis meetings
Conditions in which body
searches are carried out
Rights to inmates on
admission to the centre
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