Annual Report 2010 by the National Preventive Mechanism against Torture However, this system was observed not to be used at some of the establishments visited, e.g. the Western Andalusia Police Headquarters in Seville and the police stations of Cordoba and Ibiza (Balearic Islands), where police officers had to purchase food for detainees from shops near the holding facilities. In these cases this Office requested that the general system for the purchase and supply of foodstuffs be implemented there. A ban on third parties bringing food to detainees is considered appropriate, given the liabilities that might be incurred should any food safety issues arise. A waste collection 60. Except in the case of single-person cells, detainees must call on custodial system should be officers to access toilet facilities. Subsection 11, paragraph 3 of SES Instruction implemented 12/2007 indicates that “special care must be taken to ensure that detainees can use toilet facilities with the proper degree of privacy and hygiene”. During the inspections made, no complaints were received on this issue. Nor were any problems detected in accessing soap, toilet paper or feminine hygiene products, though a waste collection system should be implemented. It was requested that 61. Each detainee is provided with a mattress and blanket, both fireproof. detainees be provided with Sufficient supplies of both were available at all the establishments visited, though fresh blankets using them several times before having them cleaned was observed to be common practice. Cases in point include, among others, the police headquarters for the regions of Asturias (in Oviedo), Cantabria (in Santander), Extremadura (in Badajoz), the Balearic Islands (in Palma de Mallorca) and Murcia, the Central Registry of Detainees in Madrid and the district police stations of A Coruña, Alicante, Aviles (Asturias), Caceres, Cartagena (Murcia), Leon, San Sebastian (Guipuzcoa) and Torrelavega (Cantabria). This Office requested that all detainees be provided with fresh blankets, because providing used blankets, even if they are not dirty, is unacceptable on grounds of hygiene. It is essential for measures 62. Except in exceptional circumstances, there is no provision for detainees held to be taken to allow in the cells for more than 24 hours to be taken out for exercise. Given the small detainees held in cells for more than 24 hours to exercise outside size of the cells and the fact that they are mostly shared, it seems essential for measures to be taken to allow detainees to stretch their legs. It would also be advisable for police establishments to have an area where detainees can take physical exercise or spend a short time outdoors. Visits can be received from 63. Detainees can receive visits from their legal counsel and from consular staff legal counsel and from in the case of foreign nationals. Visits from family and friends require authorisation consular staff in the case of foreign nationals pursuant to Article 523 of the LECRIM. Rule 11.7 of SES Instruction 12/2007 indicates that such authorisation must be sought from the examining magistrate handling the case. Detainees were observed to be handcuffed on entering 64. Article 525 of the LECRIM establishes that “no extraordinary security and leaving holding areas measures should be taken except in cases of disobedience” or refusal to follow the 54 THE OMBUDSMAN OF SPAIN