Country

Spain

Detention issue

Cell space

FRA research findings

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Legal instruments & key provisions

Legal instrument Key provision
General Penitentiary Law (Ley General Penitenciaria)Spanish law does not contain any prevision about the size of prison cells, and only provides that the cells are for single occupancy and must have enough space to make them habitable.

NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM RECOMMENDATIONS

Year Recommendation Report
2016In a non-formal recommendation the NPM stated that the prison administrations should adopt the necessary measures in order to achieve said “single-cell principle". Report details
2019The General Secretary of Penitentiary Institutions must regulate through a new Instruction the video-surveillance systems, which include, among other issues, the time and the cases in which the images captured must be kept, internal audits regarding the effectiveness, relevance and proportionality of the cameras, as well as sound recording in the places deemed necessary. Report details