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. 98 THE OMBUDSMAN OF SPAIN

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