Medium-term deprivation of liberty
brought against the work performed by some lawyers when justifying asylum
applications, claiming that legal advisory services had not been reinstated
since the centre opened again after completion of the works.
Information on
extraditions
§115 AR 2014
Fit to travel
§116 AR 2014
Video
surveillance
§117 AR 2014
40. We have ascertained that information to inmates on their extradition
date, sufficiently in advance in order to make arrangements with their
families or next-of-kin, to gather their belongings or complete other steps, is
provided at Madrid, Murcia and Valencia CIEs, where notice is provided 24
hours in advance and, at least, to inmates in Valencia, the scheduled
journey is also provided. We were unable to check this point at the
Barcelona CIE as our visit was made a few days after it had reopened
following completion of the works.
41. The issue of fit-to-travel certificates for inmates about to be
extradited, certifying that the inmate is fit to travel, are provided at the
Madrid and Murcia CIEs, indicating any medication that needs to be
administered. The Valencia CIE only issues this document if the inmate is
unfit to travel.
42. We have confirmed, to our satisfaction, that there are more video
surveillance systems at the CIEs visited. At the Ombudsman’s request,
video surveillance cameras are being installed in confinement rooms and in
one of the corridors of the Barcelona CIE ward, with a total of 53 cameras,
and at the Murcia CIE, where a camera has been installed in the leisure
room of the women’s ward. As regards the Madrid CIE, we have requested
that the video surveillance system be extended to those areas where there
is unsupervised inmate traffic, and in solitary confinement rooms.
Identification
§118 AR 2014
43. During the visits made over 2016, as a general rule and subject to
specific exceptions, all police officers are duly identified.
Social and
cultural services
§120 AR 2014
44. The Red Cross provides its services at all the CIEs visited, as it has
been doing for years in Madrid. It began working in the Murcia and Valencia
CIEs in April, after signing an agreement with the Ministry of the Interior.
The Red Cross has continued to work for the Barcelona ICE after it was
provisionally closed to complete refurbishment works.
Separation of
inmates
§122 AR 2014
45. There is still no effective separation between convicted inmates (or
with a criminal record) and inmates under arrest due to their lack of legal
status in Spain. In the last visit made to the Murcia CIE, the manager told us
that this separation was not possible in the centre’s facilities.
Mechanically
opened doors
§123 AR 2014
46. During our visit to the Valencia CIE, we ascertained that a system was in
place for the mechanical opening of inmate room doors, allowing a rapid
opening in the event of an emergency. This system is installed at the
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