Medium-term deprivation of liberty brought against the work performed by some lawyers when justifying asylum applications, claiming that legal advisory services had not been reinstated since the centre opened again after completion of the works. Information on extraditions §115 AR 2014 Fit to travel §116 AR 2014 Video surveillance §117 AR 2014 40. We have ascertained that information to inmates on their extradition date, sufficiently in advance in order to make arrangements with their families or next-of-kin, to gather their belongings or complete other steps, is provided at Madrid, Murcia and Valencia CIEs, where notice is provided 24 hours in advance and, at least, to inmates in Valencia, the scheduled journey is also provided. We were unable to check this point at the Barcelona CIE as our visit was made a few days after it had reopened following completion of the works. 41. The issue of fit-to-travel certificates for inmates about to be extradited, certifying that the inmate is fit to travel, are provided at the Madrid and Murcia CIEs, indicating any medication that needs to be administered. The Valencia CIE only issues this document if the inmate is unfit to travel. 42. We have confirmed, to our satisfaction, that there are more video surveillance systems at the CIEs visited. At the Ombudsman’s request, video surveillance cameras are being installed in confinement rooms and in one of the corridors of the Barcelona CIE ward, with a total of 53 cameras, and at the Murcia CIE, where a camera has been installed in the leisure room of the women’s ward. As regards the Madrid CIE, we have requested that the video surveillance system be extended to those areas where there is unsupervised inmate traffic, and in solitary confinement rooms. Identification §118 AR 2014 43. During the visits made over 2016, as a general rule and subject to specific exceptions, all police officers are duly identified. Social and cultural services §120 AR 2014 44. The Red Cross provides its services at all the CIEs visited, as it has been doing for years in Madrid. It began working in the Murcia and Valencia CIEs in April, after signing an agreement with the Ministry of the Interior. The Red Cross has continued to work for the Barcelona ICE after it was provisionally closed to complete refurbishment works. Separation of inmates §122 AR 2014 45. There is still no effective separation between convicted inmates (or with a criminal record) and inmates under arrest due to their lack of legal status in Spain. In the last visit made to the Murcia CIE, the manager told us that this separation was not possible in the centre’s facilities. Mechanically opened doors §123 AR 2014 46. During our visit to the Valencia CIE, we ascertained that a system was in place for the mechanical opening of inmate room doors, allowing a rapid opening in the event of an emergency. This system is installed at the 55

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