Short-term deprivation of liberty A page from the Detainee Registration and Custody Log at the Central Registry Photo 4 of Detainees in Madrid Exceptionally in regard to these two forces, logs were found to be properly completed on the inspection visits made to the CNP district station in Almería and the GC headquarters in Cuenca. At the latter establishment the custody files on detainees admitted directly and those on detainees transferred from other GC establishments in the province were all found to be properly completed, and to include records of all incidents of any kind during custody. Failure to keep logs properly was also observed at the local police station in Algete (Madrid), and was duly reported to those in charge for correction. At the time of writing of this report, their reply is still pending. Finally, it is considered advisable that a photocopy of the file showing the chain of custody be made whenever persons detained by the GC are held at local police establishments, so that any incidents during the custody and transfer of those detainees can be recorded. Exceptionally, logs were found to be properly kept at the CNP district station in Almería and the GC HQ in Cuenca Similar failings were observed to be widespread as regards the logs required under SES Instruction 7/2005. A case in point is the Central Registry of Detainees in Madrid, where the telephone message log was examined and found to record only around 10 calls per month, an unlikely figure for an establishment that handles so many calls and arrangements. Several cases were also found of telephone messages detailing care provided for detainees by SAMUR when the Detainee Registration and Custody Log contained no record of such care. Moreover, it has been observed that no log of any kind is kept of how many people are admitted each day to the holding cells in courthouses to await appearances in court. The Ombudsman considers that all courthouses with cells should have a register where they log all the detainees who come through the establishment under the auspices of a judicial body, and that it should be obligatory for that log to be kept up by the officers of the various police and security forces who transfer persons deprived of their liberty to the said establishments. THE OMBUDSMAN OF SPAIN  A log must be kept of all detainees and inmates who come through courthouse holding cells each day  67