Annual Report 2016 - Spain’s National Preventive Mechanism against Torture Disciplinary regime §161 AR 2014 76. The SGIP has accepted the Recommendation made in order to take the inmate’s mental health and/or vulnerability into account, whilst disciplinary proceedings are being processed and before taking any decision on a possible sanction. Furthermore, it would be appropriate to instrument some way in which psychologists may participate in disciplinary commissions, as their point of view may be useful when modulating the sanctions imposed or the number of disciplinary proceedings filed. 77. Mechanical restraints are still being used without following the NPM’s Mechanical criteria; they are still inadequately registered at most CPs visited, detecting restraints §165failures and inconsistencies between manual and computerised records, and 178 AR 2014 incomplete documents derived from these actions. At CP Tenerife II, for instance, it was noticed that mechanical restraint control sheets did not include entries on the state of the inmate, or whether he/she was being visited by a doctor. In some cases we detected the use of handcuffs to immobilise an inmate on the mechanical restraint bed for several hours (CP Araba/Álava). On the other hand, at CP Bilbao, where this practice had been previously followed, instructions had been given to abolish it. Mechanical restraint training §177 AR 2014 Mechanical restraint cells §179 AR 2014 70 78. At the SGIP CPs visited, no formative action was arranged on how to apply mechanical restraints, with validated straps, except for CP Dueñas (Palencia). The SGIP has told us that it is working to unify an adequate methodology to apply regimental mechanical immobilisation, in order to include it as a teaching unit in courses on self-defence and the adequate use of coercive means. In Catalonia, as we verified during our visit to CP Mas Enric (Tarragona), mock mechanical restraints are arranged, in order to ensure that they are carried out effectively and professionally. 79. As a general rule, mechanical restraint cells have still not adapted to NPM criteria. Subject to a few exceptions, SGIP CPs lack cell video surveillance. One of these exceptions is CP Bilbao where, following our visit in 2014 and although hardly any coercive means of this nature have been applied, a new cell has been prepared, with a bed and validated restraining straps, as well as video surveillance recording.