Table of contents
Presentation.................................................................................................................... 5
Acronyms and abbreviations used.................................................................................. 7
Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 9
I.
Visits made ............................................................................................................. 15
I.1
Short-term deprivation of liberty .................................................................. 19
I.2
Mean-term deprivation of liberty.................................................................. 20
I.3
I.2.1 Centres for internment of foreign nationals .................................. 20
I.2.2 Military disciplinary establishments .............................................. 23
Long-term deprivation of liberty................................................................... 24
I.3.1
I.4
Prisons answerable to the Office of the Secretary General for
Penitentiary Institutions (SGIP) and the Department of Justice
the Government of Catalonia ....................................................... 24
I.3.2 Penitentiary psychiatric hospitals and units.................................. 27
I.3.3 Centres for juvenile offenders ...................................................... 28
I.3.4 Centres for minors with conduct disorders and in a situation of
social difficulty .............................................................................. 32
I.3.5 Residential establishments providing healthcare, social and/or
rehabilitation services................................................................... 33
Special purpose places of deprivation of liberty.......................................... 33
I.4.1
I.4.2
Foreign national repatriation operations....................................... 33
Centres for first aid and detention of foreign nationals................. 34
II. Observations of the NPM on the prevention of torture and other ill-treatment........ 35
III. Minimum criteria in deprivation of liberty ................................................................ 47
III.1 Criteria to be met at facilities for short-term deprivation of liberty ............... 49
III.2 Criteria to be met at facilities for mean-term deprivation of liberty .............. 58
III.2.1 Centres for internment of foreign nationals .................................. 58
III.2.2 Military disciplinary establishments .............................................. 66
III.3 Criteria to be met in facilities for long-term deprivation of liberty ................ 68
III.3.1
III.3.2
III.3.3
III.3.4
Penitentiary centres...................................................................... 68
Penitentiary psychiatric hospitals and units.................................. 85
Centres for juvenile offenders ...................................................... 90
Centres for minors with conduct disorders and in a situation of
social difficulty .............................................................................. 98
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