13.  In 2011 a total of 77 inspection visits were made to 72 places of deprivation of liberty throughout Spain (2 prisons and 3 centres for young offenders were visited twice). The locations and types of establishment are listed in Graphic 1. 77 inspection visits were made in 2011 Table 1.  Types of place of deprivation of liberty inspected PLACES OF DEPRIVATION OF LIBERTY INSPECTED Nº of places visited Nº of visits made District police stations & other places of short-term deprivation of liberty: National Police 13 13 Barracks and other places of short-term custody: Civil Guard 12 12 Prisons 10 12* Centres for young offenders 8 11** Local police stations 7 7 Courtroom holding cells 7 7 Secure hospital units 4 4 Regional police establishments (Mossos d’Esquadra, Ertzaintza & General Police Force of the Canary Isles) 3 3 Detention centres for foreign nationals 3 3 Military detention centres 2 2 Primary assistance & detention centres for foreign nationals 1 1 Police facilities at border control posts 1 1 National Police units attached to Regional Autonomous Communities 1 1 72 77 Total * Two prisons were visited twice: Castelló/Castellón and the women’s prison in Alcalá de Guadaíra (province of Seville). ** Three centres for young offenders were visited twice: Albaidel in Albacete, El Molino in Almería and Pi Gros in Castelló/Castellón. 14. In 2011 inspection visits were made to places of deprivation of liberty of types not visited the previous year. These include the Psychiatric Prison Hospital in Alicante, a National Police unit attached to a Regional Autonomous Community (Regional Government of Valencia), the Primary Assistance & Detention Centre for Foreign Nationals at the port of Almería and the Incarcerated Mothers Unit in Seville. More types of 15. Multi-disciplinary inspection visits are more intensive and are organised differently: most of them last between two and four days. The new method also entails several days’ work prior to the visit, and more detailed follow-up work in preparing reports and minutes. Multi-disciplinary visits THE OMBUDSMAN OF SPAIN  establishment were visited involve 2-4 days of work on site  19

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