Processing by the Ombudsman of complaints of ill treatment
tain them had to be applied. As a result, seven police officers and six
detainees were injured. All were transferred to a medical facility and later
detained and charged with assaulting an officer of the law, resistance and
harm. They were committed to jail cells in the Regional Police Headquarters for Almeria, with the exception of one who had injured a foot when
jumping from the bus and was admitted to the Secure Unit of the
Torrecárdenas Hospital in Almeria and was awaiting surgery. As a result
of these events, Proceedings number 10445/15 were heard by Pre-trial
Investigation Court No.1 in Almeria, before which the detainees appeared.
It was not possible to follow-up on the healthcare provided to the inmate
who suffered the aforementioned injuries since they left the secure unit
where they were committed, left the hospital of their own accord and
have not been located.
190. This institution was also approached by an association reporting
the case of a young detainee in the Fuerte Purísima Residential Educational Facility for Minors. This facility takes in unaccompanied young
male foreign nationals aged between 12 and 18 years who have been
neglected. According to the minor’s statements, they were assaulted by
two educators in the centre. Some volunteers from the association located the minor. He had haematomas and wounds and stated his wish to
report the events. The following day, the minor notified these volunteers
that the staff in the facility had not accompanied him to file their report, nor
to the medical services. The volunteers therefore accompanied the minor
to the emergency services, which issued the corresponding report, and
also to the CNP Station to report the assault. The latter was not possible
due to the absence of a translator and of a representative from the children’s protection services. Having been unable to find an educator to accompany them, the minor tried again, unsuccessfully, to file their report.
The minor was put off until the following day, which is when the officers
indicated that the report could be made to the Civil Guard. An educator
arrived and accompanied the minor to the facility without filing the report.
In view of the fact that the minor found it possible to report the events, that
same day the volunteers from the association filed a report to the Civil
Guard.
Injuries in the Fuerte Purísima
Facility for Minors (Melilla)
Proceedings were begun before the Public Prosecutor, as a result of which
the Prosecutor’s Office for the Melilla Area reported that Proceedings had
been initiated under No. 32/15 into reports made by two minors of ill treatment received by care workers in the La Purísima facility, and that the
Department of Social Wellbeing and Health of the Autonomous City of Melilla had been requested to provide the identity of said care workers. This
official request has been reiterated.
191. With regard to incidents in Young Offender Institutions, an ex officio proceeding was also initiated after this institution had access to a
video that showed two youths with their hands and feet bound, one of
whom was lying face down, sobbing and asking for water, in the Tierras de
Oria Facility for Minors in Almeria. With ex officio proceedings under way
with the Justice and Interior Departments of the Government of Andalusia,
Young Offender Institutions
Restraints in the Tierra de Oria
Facility for Minors (Almería)
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