Annual Report 2016 - Spain’s National Preventive Mechanism against Torture Legal advisory services §152 AR 2014 Ill treatment §150 and 151 AR 2014 Extraction of incident images §63 AR 2014 Registry of ill treatment §153 AR 2014 Staff training §154 AR 2014 64 55. Further to the foregoing, of interest is the reinstatement in Andalusia of the service offered by lawyers ascribed to the Prison Legal Advisory Service. This was ascertained during our visits to Andalusia, constituting a valuable guarantee of inmate rights. 56. During our visits we have insisted on the priority that needs to be given to the start-up and improvement of all devices allowing the prevention, detection and adequate investigation of situations that may potentially constitute ill treatment or torture. 57. On the matter, a Recommendation was made to the SGIP in order to regulate the collection, recording, extraction, storage, custody and access to images captures with prison video surveillance systems, a fundamental device to prevent torture and ill treatment, in the terms of NPM annual reports. This Recommendation has been dismissed by the SGIP, although we will continue to insist. We have ascertained that incident images are in fact extracted at some CPs, if decided by the Management staff. 58. During the last visits made to CPs belonging to the SGIP, we have noticed that some prisons have a register book gathering all complaints, reports or judicial proceedings related to misconduct or ill treatment received from public officers, to ensure their follow-up and supervision, pursuant to the Recommendation made in 2015. 59. We have not noted any improvements as to the lack of staff training in the resolution of conflicts and intervention in crisis situations, mental health and other issues directly affecting inmate rights, which would improve the relations with public officers.

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