Annual Report 2010 by the National Preventive Mechanism against Torture
10 establishments in 7
203. In 2010 inspection visits were made to 10 establishments run by different
autonomous communities
local police forces in seven regional autonomous communities (Andalusia,
were visited
Cantabria, Castilla-La Mancha, the Balearic Islands, La Rioja, Navarre and the
Basque Country). No detainees were found at any of these establishments at the
time of the visits.
Graphic 13. Geographical location of the local police force establishments
visited in 2010
Holding times range from 2
204. Average holding times at the establishments visited ranged from 2 to 48
to 48 hours. Detainees are
hours. It was observed that detainees were usually brought before the courts in
brought before the courts
in the mornings every day
the mornings every day. However in Lebrija (Seville) detainees might be deprived
of their liberty for the whole weekend. In this regard, local police in Cordoba also
reported that they did not consider their holding facilities to be cells in the strict
sense of the term, as they were merely rooms in which detainees were held for the
minimum time required before they were moved to establishments run by other,
national-level law enforcement agencies.
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