Annual Report 2010 by the National Preventive Mechanism against Torture The standard of cleanliness 54. The standards of cleanliness found in cells were satisfactory in most cases, of cells was satisfactory in though with room for improvement. However they were clearly unacceptable most cases, but clearly unacceptable in some facilities in some establishments, including the stations in Cordoba and the Central District of Madrid, where it was requested that measures be taken to improve cleanliness. In some cases, e.g. the police station of Leon, it was recommended that the contracts for cell cleaning should be changed to ensure that cleaning services are available at weekends when necessary. The standard of upkeep and hygiene of the toilet facilities inspected was in general acceptable, though there were exceptions, e.g. the Central District police station in Madrid and the Western Andalusia Police Headquarters [Jefatura Superior de Policía de Andalucía Occidental] in Seville, where there were two blocked urinals filled with urine, and the station in Tarragona, where one of the urinals was unusable due to the level of the septic tank. Those cells inspected that had internal toilets were generally in good condition. Some establishments have 55. EIt was observed that CCTV surveillance at establishments run by the modern CCTV surveillance CNP generally covered the entrance and corridors of holding cell areas but not equipment and others have obsolete equipment the interior of the cells. Some were equipped with modern recording equipment while at others the equipment was obsolete and the images obtained were not sharp. The need for improvements in technical equipment was indicated at the police headquarters in Asturias and Murcia, and at the district police stations of Cartagena (Murcia), Elche (Alicante), Jerez de la Frontera (Cadiz), Lleida and Playa de Palma de Mallorca (Balearic Islands). To improve surveillance of detainees while they are in the cells, it was also requested that CCTV cameras be installed in the custody areas of the district stations of A Coruña, Aviles and Gijon (Asturias), Caceres, Cadiz, Elche and Leon and the police headquarters in Asturias, Extremadura (in Badajoz) and Melilla. Cells have no mixed or 56. Most of the establishments visited were observed to have extinguishers, mechanical opening fire hoses and smoke detectors, though the cells have no mixed or mechanical system to evacuate detainees in an emergency opening systems for emergency evacuation of detainees. This Office requested that evacuation routes be signposted urgently and that suitable emergency measures be set in place at the police headquarters in Ceuta and Castilla-La Mancha (Toledo) and the city police stations in Cadiz, Jerez de Frontera, Ibiza, Lugo, the Central District (where it was deemed necessary to re-evaluate the entire evacuation plan), Chamartín District and San Blas-Vicálvaro District stations in Madrid, and in Torrelavega (Cantabria), Torremolinos (Málaga) and Tudela (Navarre). When direct voice communication with 57. In holding areas whose size or layout means that the detainees cannot detainees is not possible, talk directly to staff, intercom or other call systems need to be installed. This 52 THE OMBUDSMAN OF SPAIN