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The General Delegation for Prison Administration and Reintegration responded to statements attributed to the families of some Spanish prisoners detained in Morocco, which claim that "their detention conditions are inhumane" and that "their requests for repatriation to their home country have not been met."
The delegation said in an explanatory statement that the matter concerns "ten Spanish prisoners accused of international drug trafficking, including seven detainees in the local prison of Tetouan and three detainees in the local prison of Tangier 2." It added: "Regarding the prisoners detained in the local prison of Tetouan, and contrary to what their families claimed regarding "the failure to respond to their requests for repatriation to their home country", they have indeed submitted requests for repatriation to Spain, which is a matter that does not fall within the jurisdiction of the General Delegation." As for the prisoner whose family claimed "he did not receive appropriate treatment inside the institution", the delegation explained that he suffers "from a disease in the digestive system and benefits from a diet appropriate to his health condition, and he has previously benefited from examination by the institution's doctor twelve times, and he was taken to the hospital twice, in addition to benefiting from medications for mental and psychological illnesses." It continued regarding the prisoner whose family claimed that "he attempted suicide", that "the matter is in fact the prisoner in question attacking himself with a toothbrush, which left a slight scratch on his hand, where he stated that he did so for family and personal reasons." It continued: "As for the three prisoners detained in the local prison of Tangier 2, two of them, whose families claimed that "they sleep on the floor and suffer from poor meals, overcrowding and the presence of insects", have beds and sufficient blankets, and they receive meals daily like the rest of the prisoners, which are prepared according to the applicable specifications, with the indication that the rooms are sprayed with pesticides periodically, where this process was last carried out on 05 March 2026, in addition to the participation of the two prisoners in sports activities almost daily." As for the third prisoner, whose family claimed that "he suffers from the spread of insects, poor hygiene and the deterioration of his psychological condition", the delegation indicated that "he also resides in a shared room under normal detention conditions, and has a bed and sufficient blankets, and he has previously benefited from medical examinations, and he is taken to the hospital whenever necessary." Contrary to the claims about the presence of "chaos" in the family visit process, the delegation confirmed that "the latter is organized with an electronic application in which appointments are taken in advance, knowing that the administrations of the institutions that house these prisoners grant facilities to their families given their arrival from outside Morocco", noting at the end that "all the prisoners mentioned benefit from the visit of the diplomatic representation agents of their country's consulates, where they have never recorded any observations of the kind that were included in the published claims."
