Places of short-Term Deprivation of Liberty eyes and hands) while dealing with detainees, higher temperatures would be hard for them to bear. It was checked that detainees were provided with extra blankets on request. 145. CCTV surveillance and recording cameras should be set up in all those CCTV surveillance and areas that may potentially be used by detainees while they are held incommunicado recording equipment and not only in the common areas, as was the case at the facility visited. There was no video recording equipment in two of the four areas used as visiting rooms. In one the absence of cameras was explained on the grounds that the should be set up in all areas that may be used by detainees held incommunicado room was used for forensic searches. The recording of audio should also be envisaged. 146. While they are held incommunicado, detainees undergo searches that Detainees held include their removing their outer clothing and their bodies and clothes are patted incommunicado are down after every contact with anyone not belonging to the force. These searches are conducted in the pre-cell area, with the detainees standing with their backs to the wall, in the presence of two officers. The recordings observed showed that when detainees were moved within the holding area the officers guarding them searched after every contact with persons not belonging to the force. Mechanical restraints are not used took measures to ensure that their movements were under control, but without using mechanical restraints. All incidents in the area are entered by the custodial officers in individual, The hand-written reports hand-written records for each detainee. At the same time, the information is recording incidents prior to passed on to the registration database that manages the Atxilo files. It would be advisable for the original hand-written records to be kept for comparison their inclusion in the Atxilo should be kept should the authorities require them, regardless of whether the data is transcribed in other formats. 147. The protocol for action by the Ertzaintza in cases of incommunicado The protocol for action in detention envisages forensic searches of detainees with intervals of no more than cases of incommunicado 24 hours. In the case examined, the relevant central judge ruled that two searches per day be conducted by teams made up of two forensic specialists. As indicated above, in the course of the visit the inspection team had the opportunity to detention envisages forensic examinations at intervals of no more than 24 hours. interview these forensic specialists just after they had conducted the second search Forensic specialists draw up of the day on the detainees. They draw up an initial detailed report — for which an initial detailed report. detainees are usually transferred to the local Institute of Forensic Medicine — in which special emphasis is placed on checking for any external signs of aggression or injuries, their probable causes and approximate timing. All detainees are given All detainees are offered the chance to provide urine samples to rule out the presence of psychotropic the opportunity to provide a urine sample to rule out the presence of psychotropic drugs. drugs that may affect the central nervous system. Tests are made with the clerk of Court authorisation is the court bearing witness. The test is repeated at the end of the isolation period. The specialists indicated that only non invasive tests were conducted, and the required before non invasive tests can be made specific authorisation of the courts was required before they could take place (e.g. THE OMBUDSMAN OF SPAIN 81