Places of short-Term Deprivation of Liberty Graphic 10. Location of the Mossos d’Esquadra-run places of deprivation of liberty visited in 2010 153. The average time spent by detainees in police holding cells is less than 24 Average holding time is less hours. It was observed that detainees were normally brought before the courts in than 24 hours the mornings, even at weekends, except at the station in Lleida, where there are no arraignments on Sundays. 154. All the buildings visited were of recent construction, with the oldest of Recently constructed them dating from 1999. The general standards of conservation and upkeep buildings in good observed were good in both the personnel work areas and the detainee holding areas. In all the establishments visited the holding cells were located in the basement, and there was direct access from the underground garage. The size of condition. Direct access from underground garages to basement holding facilities both the single-occupancy and collective cells observed seemed to meet the criteria indicated in paragraph 49 above. 155. In all the establishments visited there was an area adjacent to the holding cells The number of cells varies. which housed the rooms used for interrogation, searches, making record entries At Les Corts station the and check-ups. The number of cells varies from one station to another: at Les Corts (Barcelona), the station to which all persons detained in Barcelona are brought, structure of the cell doors must be changed there are 35 cells with a total capacity of 100 detainees. All single-occupancy and collective cells have built-in plinths which serve as beds, and have doors fitted with vertical bars. At Les Corts the structure of the cell doors needs to be changed, as the hatch through which food and drink is provided has horizontal bars and could be used by detainees to inflict injury upon themselves. Indeed, several incidents involving cell doors were observed on the video recordings viewed. THE OMBUDSMAN OF SPAIN 87