Annual Report 2013 of the National Preventive Mechanism
Mechanical restraint bed in
CP Puerto III (Cádiz)
Absence of video-surveillance
in mechanical restraint cells
117. Most CPs do not have video-surveillance in mechanical restraint
cells. As an exception the CPs reporting to the Department of Justice
of the Government of Catalonia, and some CPs of the SGIP, do have
them, which is a good practice. This is the case of the CP of Córdoba
and of one of the two immobilisation cells of CP Puerto I (Cádiz), at
which, however, video recordings are not made. It must be remembered that, in the opinion of this Institution, the video-surveillance
system should cover and record the pictures of all the cells where mechanical restraints are applied. The SGIP rejected this criterion, stating that it is impossible to for personnel to view the video-surveillance
screens, given the number of personnel available.
Picture of a mechanical
restraint cell in CP Puerto
I (Cádiz), with videosurveillance
Suggestion to change the
conditions of the isolation
department in CP Villabona
(Asturias)
104
118. At CP Villabona (Asturias), the isolation department has precarious architectural and highly restrictive features even for facilities
of this kind. The metal mesh covering the yards of the unit, which
are classified by the inmates as “cages” should be pointed out, since
this is incompatible with facilities the purpose of which is for persons
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