Short-term Deprivation of liberty
For their part, the Directorate General of the Civil Guard has reported that
in 2012 a total of 84 self-harm attempts have occurred.
The Civil Guard has
reported 84 self-harm
attempts
Table 19. Total number of self-harm attempts registered in 2012 by detainees
in custody of the Civil Guard
Command HQ
Number of attempts
La Coruña
5
Albacete
1
Alicante
15
Asturias
1
Badajoz
1
Caceres
1
Cantabria
6
Castellon
5
Cuenca
1
Guipuzcoa
1
Huelva
1
Balearic Islands
1
Las Palmas
7
Leon
1
Lugo
2
Madrid
24
Murcia
4
Navarre
1
Palencia
1
Toledo
4
Saragossa
1
Source: In-house compilation based on data supplied by the Directorate
General of the Civil Guard.
Finally, the Navarre autonomous police force has reported that at the police sta
tion in Elizondo there has been a case of attempted suicide. However, there has
been no such case at the facilities of the Central Police of the Canary Islands, the
Basque or the Catalan autonomous police forces.
The Navarre autonomous
33. It has been noticed that, inside the cells or in the shared bathrooms at some
prison cells, there are squatting toilets, which is not adequate for those detainees
who, due to their age or physical conditions or limitations, need to use these
bathroom facilities. Likewise, it is not acceptable for cells to have a toilet bowl
inside, both for the lack of privacy of detainees and for the bad smells to be en
dured, which was already expressed in paragraphs 241 of the 2010 Annual Report
and 58 of the 2011 Annual Report.
The privacy of detainees
THE OMBUDSMAN OF SPAIN
police force has reported a
case of self-harm
should be guaranteed,
without toilet bowls being
installed inside the cells
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