Annual Report 2013 of the National Preventive Mechanism
Little development of the
PAIEM at certain CPs
97. At the visit made to CPs Puerto I (Cádiz), Segovia and Villabona
Adequate mechanisms should
be available for the detection
of mental diseases and
the adoption of therapeutic
measures
98. Penitentiary establishments should have adequate mechanisms to
(Asturias), in the light of the reviewed documentation and interviews
made the conclusion was drawn that the PAIEM (framework program
for integrated assistance to persons with mental diseases) is little developed at those CPs, so that the necessary efforts should be made
for such program to continue being developed, with the participation
of the medical team, enabling integrated therapeutic actions and attempting to include in it the greatest possible number of inmates who
need it, as mentioned in paragraph 94 of Annual Report 2012. At CP
Seville II, in addition to the PAIEM, a unit is available for inmates with
mental health problems.
detect mental diseases, to be able to adopt the appropriate therapeutic
measures instead of purely restricting and contention measures that may
even aggravate certain pathologies. The particular case of one inmate of
CP Puerto I (Cádiz), who had a large number of incidents, means of contention, penalties and transfers to other CPs (21 in the past 12 years, approximately two centres per year) is to be pointed out. At the interview held
with him in which the external court medical technical expert participated,
it was verified that he was not of sound mind. The cell of the inmate was
empty, without belongings, the glass of the window had been removed to
prevent the inmate from breaking it and eating it, which had occurred on a
previous occasion. The inmate went out to the yard daily and sporadically
to the gym. His clinical record stated that had been diagnosed to be mentally retarded and to have an anti-social personality, that was refractory to
the pharmacological treatment and that his isolation caused him greater
disquiet and a more maladapted conduct. The Security and Justice Department of the Ombudsman’s Office was informed of the situation and instituted a proceeding ex officio with the SGIP, to know the reason for which
the possibility of promoting the suspension of the sentence and its replacement by a security measure had not been considered, pursuant to article
60 of the Criminal Code, due to supervening serious mental disturbance,
which appeared more adequate given the inmate’s psychological state
than the adoption of restrictive measures and transfer to other establishments, which in any case appeared to worsen the patient’s mental disease.
At CP Puerto III (Cádiz) also one inmate was found in a delicate situation. The external technical expert held an interview with him and
reviewed his clinical record. The inmate had an acute psycho-pathological syndrome, and had been assisted two weeks earlier by the
psychiatrist, pending check-up two months later. Since his process
had become more acute, the external technical expert estimated that
the most adequate procedure would be to transfer the inmate to the
nursing room for more direct control, and to demand an external psychiatric consultation. Nevertheless, the SGIP reported that, after he
had been evaluated by various psychiatrists, it had been impossible
to evidence any specific psychiatric pathology.
224 deceases in CPs
96
99. The SGIP and the Department of Justice of the Government of
Catalonia reported that in 2013 224 deaths occurred at CPs: 162 at
CPs reporting to the SGIP and 62 at CP reporting to Catalonia.
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