Places of short-Term Deprivation of Liberty 233. In the cells men are separated from women and convicted prisoners from Detainees are separated by police detainees, and attempts are made to group detainees by type. The juvenile gender and grouped by court buildings in Cordoba and Palma de Mallorca (Balearic Islands) have specific type insofar as possible holding areas for juvenile detainees known as “arrest rooms” [salas de arresto]. By contrast, at the rest of the courthouse buildings visited juvenile courts share the same building with criminal courts of other types, so there is only one holding area. If there are no specific cells for juveniles they are usually held in other rooms. 234. The temperature in the various establishments depended on whether there A reminder was issued that was heating and air conditioning or not, so a reminder was issued that it should temperatures should be be kept at between 18 and 25ºC throughout the year. Some establishments had no extractor fans and at others they were not working properly, resulting in kept at 18-25ºC. A request to remedy poor lighting was issued at the juvenile unpleasant smells in some cells [A Coruña, Cordoba, Gijon (Asturias), Las Palmas court buildings in Palma de de Gran Canaria, Logroño (La Rioja), Madrid, Valladolid and Zaragoza]. Requests Mallorca (Balearic Islands) for this shortcoming to be remedied were issued. Bearing in mind the short time spent by occupants in these cells, the lighting can be considered in general as and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Las Palmas) acceptable, except in the juvenile court building in Palma de Mallorca (Balearic Islands) and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Las Palmas), so it was also requested that this be remedied. 235. The standard of cleanliness in cells at the times of the inspection visits In general, cells were was satisfactory, with cells being cleaned once or twice a day by external acceptably clean. Those at contracted firms, and disinfection and pest extermination procedures being taken at regular intervals or whenever required. Once again the JJI at Plaza de the JJI at Plaza de Castilla (Madrid) stood out negatively Castilla in Madrid stand out in negative terms. A request for substantial improvements was made accordingly. 236. The cell areas visited had CCTV surveillance systems comprising CCTV Increased CCTV cameras in corridors and access areas, but no recordings were kept. The courthouse surveillance cover and buildings in Gijon and Oviedo (Asturias), Pamplona and Tafalla (Navarre) were the only ones visited that had cameras in the cells and that made recordings. generalised use of video recordings were requested Requests were made for increased cover, including cells, and more generalised use of CCTV recordings. 237. Most of the establishments visited were found to be equipped with fire The need to ensure fire extinguishers and smoke detectors. Shortcomings in this regard were observed in fighting measures was Logroño (La Rioja), Palma de Mallorca (Balearic Islands), Valladolid and Zaragoza, while in A Coruña, Leon and Madrid there were practically no fire­ indicated in A Coruña, Leon and Madrid fighting measures at all. Recommendations were made as to the need to ensure that such measure were available. THE OMBUDSMAN OF SPAIN 105