Long-term deprivation of liberty
Complaints and
requests
§244 AR 2014
Information
provided on entry
and habeas
corpus
§245 and 246 AR
2014
117. The absence of computerised and detailed records of complaints and
requests, including healthcare, allowing a fast audit and appraisal, for
example, of response times, types of complaint, repetition, solutions granted,
etc., is generalised amongst the visited institutions, as well as the habit of not
providing the young offenders with a dated and stamped copy of each
request or complaint submitted, except for El Madroño (Madrid), where a
filing receipt is provided, and in Monteledo (Ourense), where there is a
Register Book to follow up on any complaints filed; furthermore, the complaint
or request form has a section to describe how the matter was resolved.
118. It is essential that all minors, upon commitment to the facilities, be
adequately informed and aware of a series of matters, such as rights and
duties, internal regulations, ways in which to submit requests and complaints,
disciplinary regime. To do this, a newcomers pack needs to be provided,
with this information in clear and comprehensible wording for underage
offenders, as well as information on the habeas corpus procedure. All
minors should have a copy of this newcomers pack throughout their stay at
the institution. We ascertained at 10 visited institutions that these NPM
criteria had only been accepted and entirely applied in El Madroño (Madrid)
and in Zambrana (Valladolid). All suggestions made on the matter have been
accepted and measures adopted to execute the same.
Newcomers pack in Montefiz (Ourense)
Legal counsel
§247 AR 2014
119. Legal counsel provided to minors whilst completing their sentence, by
lawyers visiting the institution, depends on the type of lawyer-client
relationship; practically no visits were made by court-appointed lawyers.
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