Places of short-Term Deprivation of Liberty shortcoming was observed at various establishments, e.g. the Western call systems need to be Andalusia police headquarters in Seville and the district station in Alicante. installed. In cases when At most of the establishments visited there was at least one member of staff present in the holding area while the cells were occupied. However, at several (the stations in Ciudad Real, Jerez de la Frontera (Cadiz), Lleida, Lugo, the San Blas-Vicálvaro district of Madrid, Segovia and Torrelavega (Cantabria), such systems were deemed insufficient, it was recommended that an officer be stationed in the adjacent area and the Extremadura Police Headquarters in Badajoz) it was recommended that an officer be stationed in the area adjacent to the cells, as the intercom and CCTV surveillance systems in place were considered insufficient should immediate assistance be required. 58. Point 3 of SES Instruction 12/2007 concerning the behaviour required of Health care provisions were security forces in order to safeguard the rights of persons arrested or in police observed to be available, custody establishes that “should the detainee have any injury, attributable to the arrest or otherwise, or declare himself/herself to be injured, he/she must be moved immediately to a medical facility for assessment”. On the inspection but no medical examinations were conducted at the commencement or end of visits made, health care was observed to be available, but detainees were not deprivation of liberty observed to undergo medical examinations at the commencement or end of their except in emergencies. deprivation of liberty except in emergency situations. Detainees must themselves A general protocol needs to inform custodial officers of any problems so that they can be attended to or, as the be set up for action and to case may be, moved to a medical facility belonging to the public health service. Most of the establishments visited were equipped with prophylactic measures (e.g. face masks and latex gloves) for cases in which any evidence of infectious or establish specific treatment guidelines for pregnant women contagious disease was observed, and medical recommendations concerning isolation were followed, including the recommendation that detainees be moved under custody to a hospital or other suitable facility. At some establishments, such as the police station of Playa de Palma (Palma de Mallorca) and the Central Registry of Detainees in Madrid, this Office instructed that suitable prophylactic measures be provided. A general protocol needs to be set in place to cover this type of risk situation and to establish specific guidelines for the treatment of pregnant women. Such treatment would not be classed as discrimination under principal 5.2 BPP. 59. Food for detainees held by the CNP is supplied by the DGPGC in the It would seem to be form of ready-meals to be heated in a microwave oven. It would seem to be necessary to ask detainees necessary for custodial officers to ask detainees specifically whether they suffer any food allergies (e.g. to gluten) or any health problems that require special guidelines as regards food. It was reported that “the contract to provide food for detainees includes special menus for special requirements, such as medical specifically whether they suffer any food allergies or health problems that require special guidelines as regards food reasons, religious beliefs, etc. However, should the need arise, the officers in charge of each police station may directly acquire such food as may be necessary should none of the menus available be suitable due to medical circumstances”. THE OMBUDSMAN OF SPAIN 53