Long-term deprivation of liberty home without being accompanied by any other minor, as the offender is isolated from the other inmates, unless he/she coincides with another one who is completing an “educational setback”. An offender in this situation is unable to participate in the group’s dynamics with the other inmates and all activities are adapted to be always carried out at the observation home. Furthermore, the minor is not guaranteed two hours outdoors each day, given that sanctions lasting several days deprive him/her of recreational activities and free time in the courtyard, as this is when the sanction is fulfilled in the bedroom at the observation home which, moreover, does not have minimum furniture (a desk and chair) or any reading or writing material. Between 1 January and 3 November 2016, we ascertained that no group separation had been ordered in any disciplinary proceedings; however, an educational setback had arisen in 19 disciplinary proceedings, ordered against 10 minors for very serious and serious offences, which were sanctioned with a total of 189 days during which they were deprived of recreational activities (time outdoors), fulfilled at the observation home. When asked why there were so many educational setbacks, excluding participation in recreational activities, and no group separation sanction, the management team replied that the former was more effective and achieved a higher degree of rectification amongst young offenders than group separations. Consequently, although in theory an “educational setback”, from the point of view of preventing aggressiveness and disarray, entails positive intervention, the truth is that it entails a pseudo-disciplinary regime, not officially referred to as such, resulting in more hardship than the sanctions foreseen in the law and regulations, where the young offender has less guarantees and feels unprotected and alone. Searches and frisks §256 and 257 AR 2014 130. No shortcomings have been detected in the execution, documentation and notification of searches and frisks at the facilities visited, except for the Suggestion made to Es Pinaret (Palma) which consisted in providing a robe or towels to minors when conducting a body search, something that was being carried out in all other facilities visited. Video surveillance and recording systems §258 AR 2014 131. There are many different video surveillance systems; these range from total non-existence, such as the facilities of Monteledo and Montefiz (Ourense), which only have cameras in outer access points to the facility, to the system in place at Maliaño (Cantabria), which covers all communal areas and includes not only image but also audio recording. Video surveillance in Zambrana (Valladolid) is viewing-only, and in El Madroño (Madrid), Es 89