Country

Spain

Detention issue

FRA research findings

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Legal instruments & key provisions

Legal instrument Key provision
General Penitentiary Organization ActThe location of the centres will be fixed by the penitentiary administration depending of the territorial areas that are designated. It is the Administration who has exclusive competence in the determination of the prison. Penitentiary legislation also allows the inmates can request a transfer to prison for work or family reasons but the granting of the transfer depends on the possibilities of the administration.

NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM RECOMMENDATIONS

Year Recommendation Report
2021Systematize the collection of data on the distance between the prisoner's home of origin and the penitentiary centre in order to have information that allows documenting this situation of inequality and carrying out the consequent compensatory actions for this circumstance that affects the health and economy of women in prison. Report details