Annual Report 2016 - Spain’s National Preventive Mechanism against Torture
Legal advisory
services
§152 AR 2014
Ill treatment
§150 and 151
AR 2014
Extraction of
incident images
§63 AR 2014
Registry of ill
treatment §153
AR 2014
Staff training
§154 AR 2014
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55. Further to the foregoing, of interest is the reinstatement in Andalusia of the
service offered by lawyers ascribed to the Prison Legal Advisory Service.
This was ascertained during our visits to Andalusia, constituting a valuable
guarantee of inmate rights.
56. During our visits we have insisted on the priority that needs to be given to
the start-up and improvement of all devices allowing the prevention, detection
and adequate investigation of situations that may potentially constitute ill
treatment or torture.
57. On the matter, a Recommendation was made to the SGIP in order to
regulate the collection, recording, extraction, storage, custody and access to
images captures with prison video surveillance systems, a fundamental device
to prevent torture and ill treatment, in the terms of NPM annual reports. This
Recommendation has been dismissed by the SGIP, although we will continue
to insist. We have ascertained that incident images are in fact extracted at
some CPs, if decided by the Management staff.
58. During the last visits made to CPs belonging to the SGIP, we have noticed
that some prisons have a register book gathering all complaints, reports or
judicial proceedings related to misconduct or ill treatment received from public
officers, to ensure their follow-up and supervision, pursuant to the
Recommendation made in 2015.
59. We have not noted any improvements as to the lack of staff training in the
resolution of conflicts and intervention in crisis situations, mental health and
other issues directly affecting inmate rights, which would improve the relations
with public officers.
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