Annual Report 2012: Spain’s National Preventive Mechanism The SGIP has been informed that the living conditions applied at the Araba/Alava prison for a period of several days are not appropriate The state of one of the women inmates seems to obey to the excessive predominance of regimental aspects over strictly medical ones The facilities of the solitary confinement and admissions module at the Ocaña II prison (Toledo) are insufficient for long stays At the time of the inspection visit, two women and one man occupied the ob­ servation cells. One of the women had been there for three days in solitary confinement, the other for ten days as a result of application of Article 75.1 of Prison Regulations, and the man for nearly one month for the same reason. These inmates were interviewed individually, together with the women and man «guard assistant» inmates, who declared that they had not received any training for their activity, which must be corrected. One of the women inmates complained that she had not been able to shower for four days, despite having requested to do so. In addition, the two women inmates declared that they had not gone out to the courtyard since they had entered the observation cells. These living conditions for stays that last several days are not acceptable, and the SGIP has been informed that immediate measures should be adopted to correct this situation. Furthermore, given the state of the inmate who had been in one of the observa­ tion cells for ten days, who was «delirious» according to the forensic doctor on the inspection team, it was difficult to accept that medical approval had been given for her to remain in that situation. In the opinion of the aforementioned forensic doctor, it is counterproductive for a mentally ill person to be in such a situation, and the fact that the medical reports did not object to the application of said measure seems to obey to a lack of thoroughness or to excessive predomi­ nance of regimental aspects over strictly medical ones. At the Ocaña II prison (Toledo), the solitary confinement and admissions mod­ ule facilities are insufficient for long stays, including fulfillment of a solitary con­ finement sanction or regimental limitations of Article 75 of Prison Regulations, and appropriate measures should be taken to make those facilities similar to cells in ordinary modules. A cell in the solitary confinement module at the Photograph 20 Ocaña II prison (Toledo) 96 THE OMBUDSMAN OF SPAIN