Places of short-Term Deprivation of Liberty the barracks of Aviles (Asturias), Ibiza and Inca (Balearic Islands) were fused. In the Aviles barracks a metal plate in front of the bulb severely reduces the amount of light. At the command headquarters in A Coruña provision should be made to ensure that spare bulbs are available. 99. One of the most frequent problems detected is a lack of proper ventilation in The lack of proper holding areas. Detainees interviewed complained of this at several establishments. ventilation is one of the On several inspection visits unpleasant odours were detected, so the installation or replacement of extractor systems was requested at the command headquarters most frequent problems detected and barrack in A Coruña, Ciudad Real, Arguineguin (Las Palmas), Arnedo (La Rioja), Aviles, Gijon and Villaviciosa (Asturias), Cartagena (Murcia), Inca and Sant Antoni de Portmany (Balearic Islands), Guzmán el Bueno in Madrid, Malaga airport, Santiago de Compostela (A Coruña), Tafalla (Navarre), Torrelavega (Cantabria) and Vecindario (Las Palmas). 100. Most holding areas have no climate control systems so they are affected by Most establishments are changes in temperature. At establishments in some regions such changes may be affected by changes in considerable, e.g. at the command headquarters in Ávila, Ceuta, Oviedo (Asturias), temperature Seville and Tarragona and in a great many barracks. This issue should be addressed in the construction and refurbishment of establishments. 101. The general standard of cleanliness and disinfection at the holding cells The standard of cleanliness visited was satisfactory. However, recommendations for improvements in and disinfection was cleaning were made at the cells of the command headquarters in Gijon (Asturias) and Toledo, and at the barracks of Arguineguin (Las Palmas), Aviles (Asturias), Cartagena (Murcia) and El Astillero (Cantabria). It was also recommended that satisfactory. Cleaning procedures should be reviewed when cells are in use at weekends cleaning procedures in holding areas be reviewed, especially when the cells are in use at weekends [e.g. at the barracks in Inca and Sant Antoni de Portmany (Balearic Islands) and Torrelavega (Cantabria)]. 102. CCTV surveillance of holding areas covers the interior of the cells but in A general CCTV surveillance many establishments does not extend to the adjoining areas and corridors. Of protocol needs to be all the establishments visited, only the Arguineguin barracks in Las Palmas had no CCTV surveillance. Most establishments are equipped with up-to-date image capture equipment, though at the barracks in Inca and Sant Antoni de established, along with stricter regulations covering incommunicado detention Portmany (Balearic Islands) the equipment available was found to be obsolete and the images obtained were of poor quality. Establishments must strive to maintain their cameras in proper working order. To improve surveillance of detainees, it was requested that monitors displaying CCTV surveillance images should be installed in the areas adjacent to the holding cells at the command headquarters in Cadiz and the Guzmán el Bueno barracks in Madrid. A general protocol on CCTV recording should also be drawn up so as to regulate where cameras may be installed, what activation systems may be used and how images THE OMBUDSMAN OF SPAIN 69

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