Annual Report 2010 by the National Preventive Mechanism against Torture past twenty years according to a standard building model, designed to accommodate a large number of inmates (just these four prisons house approximately 6,000 inmates), which involve a complex with a land area of more than 7 hectares. Most of the other prisons were built in the 1980s and the oldest establishments are Martutene (Gipuzkoa), dating from 1948, and El Dueso (Cantabria), from 1907. The inside layout of the 323. Regarding the interior layout of the prisons visited, the “standard models” prisons differs greatly. The have a wide range of separate interior units, which ensures a more acceptable standard models have a wide range of modules and buildings, allowing a more satisfactory distribution of inmates distribution of inmates (around 14 ordinary residential models, a block for receptions, departures and transfers, a healthcare building, an solitary confinement facility, a communications building, a sports centre, a socio­ cultural area, kitchen, laundry, workshops and storerooms). The structure of the other prisons corresponds to very different eras, being highly diverse and difficult to define systematically. The Alicante-Cumplimiento prison, for example, is very little suited to custodial purposes given the numerous areas with reduced visibility, which may hinder appropriate surveillance by the guards and the inmates’ safety. Most of the prisons visited 324. Although the current economic crisis has meant a sharp reduction in are in an acceptable state prison budgets and, therefore, in the funds available for repair work, the overall of repair and maintenance. There are still, however, certain specific shortcomings state of the upkeep and maintenance of most of the establishments visited is satisfactory, albeit there are still specific and ongoing shortcomings, such as the unpleasant effects of the power generating units at Madrid II in Alcalá de Henares (Madrid), the damp patches in the arts and crafts workshops at Monterroso (Lugo), the cracks in the façade at Pereiro de Aguiar (Ourense), or the problems of damp in the infirmary at Soria. At the prison in Nanclares de la Oca (Alava), the scheduled building of a new prison has put a stop to several planned instances of maintenance and repair work, with the exception of those deemed essential. Staff quarters are As regards the state of repair of the staff quarters, it can be considered acceptable acceptable in the modern in the modern prisons, but not so in the older ones, such as Madrid II in Alcalá de prisons Henares, Martutene (Gipuzkoa) or Nanclares de la Oca (Alava). Generally speaking, there is 325. Bearing in mind that, as noted earlier, most second-degree inmates have to insufficient space and share a cell, the space and furnishings provided are generally insufficient to cater furnishing in second­ degree cells for the needs of the inmates occupying them. Furthermore, there is a problem, as the bunks, which have up to three tiers, tend not to have any guardrails to protect against falls, which in certain cases have involved serious injuries, as noted during At the older prisons, the locking and unlocking 138 some of the inspection visits. of the cells is not 326. At the more modern establishments, the cells have central locking and centralised unlocking, but this is not the case at the older ones. Some of the spy holes in the THE OMBUDSMAN OF SPAIN