Annual Report 2012: Spain’s National Preventive Mechanism Paragraph number in Annual Reports Reply from the Administration Facilities that allow physical contact. 274 (2010), 98 (2011) Allowed if the personal and family circumstances of the inmate make it advisable, while ensuring safety. Intercoms in dormitories. 262 (2010), 95 (2011) Accepted. Pending budgetary availability. Permanent access to dormitories and lavatories. 268 (2010), 96 (2011) The general rule is to allow permanent access to dormitories and lavatories. Dormitories for individual or double use. 256 (2010), 97 (2011) Rejected for budgetary reasons. Access to personal belongings. 278 (2010), 100 (2011) Allowed except for safety reasons or at night times. Access to mobile phones. 279 (2010), 100 (2011) Allowed but must be returned after use. 282 (2010), 82 (2011) Only present at the CIE in Madrid and its extension to other centers is under study. Resolutions * Provide CIEs with social workers. The CIE in Algeciras must be closed down In 2012 the CIEs in Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia and Algeciras were visited 66 45. As was set forth in paragraph 254 of the 2010 Annual Report, this Institu­ tion considered that at least two of the eight CIEs that were visited should be closed down; specifically those in Malaga and Algeciras. The first of them was provisionally closed on the 20th of June 2012 and definitely by means of the Or­ der PRE/9/2013, of 8 January. However the CIE in Algeciras is still open, even though it doesn’t comply with the appropriate conditions that a center of this nature must have, in spite of the reforms carried out therein. On the other hand, it has been reported that the CIE in Fuerteventura has been temporary closed due to the decreased arrival of immigrants. 46. In 2012 visits have been conducted to the CIEs in Barcelona, Madrid, Va­ lencia and Algeciras. Although such centers had already been visited in 2010, and in the case of Valencia, also in 2011, a follow-up was deemed appropriate to check compliance of the recommendations sent and to identify eventual new shortcomings. THE OMBUDSMAN OF SPAIN