34.  As indicated in paragraph 34 of the Annual Report 2010, this section refers to inspection visits to places of short-term deprivation of liberty, i.e. those where maximum holding time is measured in days. No detailed analysis of the various organisations and police forces operating in Spain is given here, as such an analysis appeared in the 2010 report. Maximum holding time is 35. The information provided by the various police forces indicates that throughout Spanish territory over 425,000 detentions entailing persons being confined in holding areas were made in 2011, around 9% fewer than the previous year. All police and security forces were asked to provide data on complaints filed by detainees against staff for alleged mistreatment. If this information is found to contain noteworthy data concerning individual establishments, those data are considered as a major parameter in deciding which establishments should be visited in the future, for the sake of proper prevention. In 2011 there were over The CNP made 275,737 arrests in 2011, though it was not possible to determine exactly how many detainees were confined in holding cells. 172,039 people were arrested for alleged criminal offences, 13,274 for misdemeanours and 90,424 for infringements of the Foreign Nationals Act [Ley de extranjería]. The table below breaks down these figures by regional autonomous communities, autonomous cities and provinces. The CNP made a total measured in days 425,000 detentions entailing persons being confined in holding areas of 275,737 arrests Table 17. Arrests made by the CNP broken down by regions, autonomous cities and provinces Regional Autonomous Community Province Andalusia Nº of detainees 52,220 Almería 5,394 Cadiz 8,140 Cordoba 2,448 Granada 5,040 Huelva 1,854 Jaén 2,407 Malaga 17,281 Seville 9,656 Aragon 7,961 Huesca 741 Teruel 243 Zaragoza 6,977 Principality of Asturias 5,207 Balearic Islands 6,650 Canary Islands 10,356 THE OMBUDSMAN OF SPAIN   45

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