Annual Report 2012: Spain’s National Preventive Mechanism At the prisons of Alava and Murcia II some modules were closed due to lack of personnel The cells were individual or for double occupancy in all centers. In the case of the prisons of Alava and Murcia II, several modules were closed due to lack of person­ nel, and therefore, in spite of there being empty cells, the majority of them were for double occupancy. The same use was noticed at the prison of Alcala de Guadaira (Seville), due to an increase of 25% in the occupancy of the center as compared with the previous visit. The three cases have been notified to the SGIP in order to have this situation remedied. At the women’s prison of Barcelona, there was a situ­ ation of overcrowding, since six female inmates occupied the majority of cells and some of them had up to eight. One of the inmates from such center declared: «Liv­ ing together is very hard. In my room there are seven of us, so we need to get on well, because otherwise there would be daily conflicts». These situations represent a breach of the legal mandate on cell principle, as described in paragraphs 318 of the 2010 Annual Report and 119 of the 2011 Annual Report. Therefore, adequate measures should be adopted in order to remedy this situation. Cell with capacity for 7 inmates at the women’s Photograph 15 prison of Barcelona The occupancy at Ocaña II (Toledo) has decreased The video-surveillance and recording systems are still not present in all facilities (except cells and bathrooms) There are no video­ surveillance systems in the cells where physical restraint is applied 82 On the contrary, the occupancy decrease at the prison of Ocaña II (Toledo) as compared to the one registered in previous years should be commended (599 inmates at the visit undertaken by the Ombudsman Institution in 2008, in com­ parison to 419 inmates during this visit). 78. In general, the video-surveillance and recording systems at the prisons visited do not comply with the criteria described in paragraphs 334 and 477 of the 2010 Annual Report and 120 of the 2011 Annual Report, and therefore the opinion of this Institution in this respect had to be reiterated. As regards the prison of Alcala de Guadaira (Seville), in respect of which this shortcoming was already pointed out in the mentioned paragraph of the 2011 Annual Report, it was reported that a study of the current system and its possible upgrading was already under way. The majority of the visited centers do not have these systems installed in those cells where physical restraint is applied, which in the opinion of the Ombudsman Institution is not adequately in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 143 of the 2011 Annual Report. THE OMBUDSMAN OF SPAIN