Recommendations made by the NPM in 2016 and follow-up on Recommendations made in 2015 and 2014 II.4 Prison facilities Table 18 Recommendations made to the Secretary-General of Prison Institutions Recommendation of 15 October 2015. To issue instructions so that, at all prison facilities, recordings obtained from the video surveillance system be contributed ex officio when processing disciplinary proceedings; these recordings constitute valuable evidence when clarifying the actual facts, following the Ombudsman’s opinion manifested in paragraph 162 of the 2014 NPM Annual Report. Recommendation of 29 October 2015. To adopt the necessary measures so that, in incidents and disciplinary measures, the inmate’s current mental health and/or vulnerability be taken into account during the processing of the file, and always before a decision is taken on a possible sanction. Recommendation of 22 June 2016. To adopt measures to ensure that implementation of new digital medical records be compatible with the records held at public health services, both for primary and specialised care. Recommendation of 31 October 2016. To regulate the capturing, recording, extraction, storage, custody and access to images captured under the video surveillance system of prison facilities, as indicated in the annual reports issued by the National Preventive Mechanism against Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (NPM), to particularly include paragraph 63 of the 2014 NPM Annual Report. Recommendation of 24 November 2016. To arrange specific training on the special features of the closed regime, for public officers actually or potentially providing this service on facilities of this kind. Status UNDER STUDY ACCEPTED REJECTED UNDER STUDY UNDER STUDY 121