Annual Report 2012: Spain’s National Preventive Mechanism The Alcala de Guadaira prison (Seville) and the women’s prison of Barcelona have a specific ward for mothers that is specially adapted for children 119. The Alcala de Guadaira prison (Seville) and the women’s prison of Barce­ lona have a specific ward for mothers with children under the age of three and pregnant inmates in the last stage of gestation. In the first one, during the last inspection visit carried out in 2011 this module was closed when the Incarcerated Mothers’ Unit was opened. However, in August 2012 the ward was opened again to house mothers for the purpose of properly classifying these inmates for the Mothers’ Unit or this prison. In both cases, the inmates expressed their satisfac­ tion with the treatment received in the respective centers, in particular as regards their children. Indeed, the specific feature of these modules in comparison with the other parts of both prisons is that they are appropriate for children. The rooms are decorated much like those of a normal home and are equipped with all the necessary material: cribs, furniture, curtains toys, etc. Children aged 4 to 12 months are taken care in the prisons’ day care centers and those aged 1 to 3 go to outside day care centers. After the age of three, and depending on the mother’s sentence, they can be transferred with their mother to a dependent unit. A bedroom in the mothers’ ward at the Alcala de Photograph 21 Guadaira prison (Seville) Courtyard of the mothers’ ward at the women’s prison Photograph 22 of Barcelona 100 THE OMBUDSMAN OF SPAIN