Places of short-Term Deprivation of Liberty rule food may not be brought in by third parties or ordered from guards at the expense of the detainee. 216. All the cells visited had toilets, usually used by both men and women. At There were toilets at all the some establishments they are in the cells and at others elsewhere off the corridor. cells visited, sometimes in Some also have showers. In Lebrija and Marchena (Seville) there are only squat toilets in the cells, and no other toilet facilities in the holding area. To use toilets not in the cells, detainees must call a custodial officer. The standards of hygiene, the cells themselves and sometimes off the corridor. Standards of upkeep & hygiene were good upkeep and ventilation were good at most of the establishments visited, with the exception of Calahorra (La Rioja), Lebrija and Marchena (Seville). It was reported that female detainees were provided with feminine hygiene products on request. Waste collection systems should be introduced. 217. Detainees sleep on beds built into the cells, and in most establishments In Cordoba and Marchena sufficient mattresses and blankets were available for the number of occupants (Seville) it was requested held overnight. Blankets were observed to be generally laundered and disinfected after each use, except in Cordoba and Marchena (Seville), where it that detainees be provided with clean (unused) blankets was requested that each detainee be provided with a clean blanket, because providing used blankets, even if they are not dirty, is unacceptable on grounds of hygiene. 218. It was observed that at some establishments detainees were allowed out of It would be advisable for the cells to take exercise when their detention was prolonged, e.g. in Lebrija and there to be an area where Marchena (Seville) and in San Sebastian (Guipuzcoa). It would be advisable for establishments to have an area prepared for detainees to take physical exercise or detainees can exercise or spend time in the open air spend some time in the open air. 219. It was reported at all the establishments visited that detainees were permitted Visits from legal counsel visits from their legal counsel and from consular staff in the case of foreign and consular staff are nationals; however in most cases visits from family and friends were not permitted. permitted Lebrija and Marchena (Seville) are exceptions. 220. It was reported that detainees were usually handcuffed at the time of Incoming & outgoing admission to the cells and on leaving them. In Cordoba, Haro (La Rioja) and detainees are usually Santander it was observed that custodial officers entered the holding areas wearing their regulation firearms with the magazines loaded. This should be avoided in handcuffed. Firearms must not be worn in holding areas general. In the wake of this observation the Town Hall at Haro has informed that it is to purchase a weapons cabinet. 221. On the inspection visits carried out it was observed that custodial officers Officers were properly were properly identified, with their badge numbers in plain sight, except in Lebrija identified (Seville), where it was reported that new uniforms on which ID numbers were printed were expected to arrive shortly. THE OMBUDSMAN OF SPAIN 101