Long-term Deprivation of Liberty Even though there is no therapeutic unit at the «Las Palmeras» center, on the day of the inspection visit there were two adolescents in therapeutic regime custody for mental health, and there were two other minors in custody undergoing psy­ chiatric treatment. The two in therapeutic custody were from «Teresa de Calcuta» center, and thus had been referred with prior psychiatric assessment and phar­ macological treatments. Even though no one explained to the center’s psycholo­ gist the reason for the transfers to «Las Palmeras», she thought that it was due to its proximity to their school and workplace respectively. Moreover, the psychia­ trist on the inspection team noted that in the files that were reviewed, the reports submitted on admissions of a minor were the ones drafted by the public prosecu­ tor’s office for juveniles, but that the contents thereof were not sufficient to estab­ lish a clinical diagnosis. On many occasions the information provided verbally by the families is the only source of knowledge regarding pharmacological treat­ ments. In consequence, it would be advisable to have access to more detailed prior information regarding the minors in custody, in particular in connection to reports from the mental health team that treated them. At the “Las Palmeras” 161. Without prejudice to the aspects that are the subject of criticism and which are highlighted to the centers for juvenile offenders for the purpose of correcting deficiencies, the work they perform during the custody of these minors is note­ worthy. However, this work is not continued after the minors are released, mak­ ing their reinsertion much more difficult. In this respect, it would be beneficial to have some type of residential resource (like the supervised apartments) for those who leave the center, turn18 and cannot go back home, as noted at the «Las Palm­ eras» center. There should be residential 162. Moreover, in addition to minors with mental health or drug addiction problems the situation of minors with intellectual disabilities is delicate, given that they cannot integrate in the center’s activity or in the psychological and edu­ cational support programs with the same capacity that the other minors in cus­ tody have, as noted at the «Teresa de Calcuta» center. It is thus necessary to look into the need of having centers with a specific unit for juvenile offenders with mild-moderate intellectual disability geared at attending to the specific needs of this group of offenders in custody. There should be specific 163. All the centers for juvenile offenders guarantee the right to receive obliga­ tory education and for this purpose have state-approved schooling and training programs, as well as academic support. At the «Zambrana» center, training for minors in custody is supplemented with pre-employment and occupational training workshops in carpentry, autos and mechanics, gardening, computing, woodwork and masonry, and at the «Teresa de Calcuta» center, in bread making, automobiles, outdoor cleaning, woodturning, graphic design, printing and book binding, industrial mechanics, gardening and masonry. At the “Zambrana” center THE OMBUDSMAN OF SPAIN center, even though there is no therapeutic unit, there were two adolescents in therapeutic custody for mental health problems resources to facilitate the reinsertion of minors once they leave the centers and turn 18 units for juvenile offenders with mild-moderate intellectual disabilities obligatory schooling is supplemented with pre­ employment and occupational workshops 127

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