Annual report 2011: Spain’s National Preventive Mechanism Dirty conditions in the cells at the GC barracks in Photo 21 El Ejido (Almería) At some of the establishments visited it was requested that a bare minimum of toiletries be provided It would be advisable for basic items of clothing to be available to detainees who are admitted to the cells with their clothes in poor condition, as is done at the Ertzaintza station in Irun (Gipuzkoa) 80  68.  Requests had to be issued for a bare minimum of toiletries to be provided to detainees in the cells at the GC barracks in Aljaraque (Huelva), at the local police stations in Algete (Madrid) and Valverde del Camino (Huelva) and at the courthouse complexes in Ayamonte (Huelva) and the city of Huelva itself. In this regard the DGCC reports that toiletries are stocked at all its establishments and provided on request from detainees. In the Central Registry of Detainees in Madrid detainees have no opportunity to clean themselves up even minimally before they appear before the judge, as they are not provided with toiletries of any kind on admission to the cells, there is no soap in the bathrooms and no hot water: on the day of the inspection the electric water heater was disconnected, though no good reason was given for this. It would also be advisable for basic items of clothing to be available for persons who are admitted with their clothes torn or stained with blood, etc. to wear when they are not awaiting identity parades or other processes in which their appearance is relevant, as is done at the Ertzaintza station in Irun (Gipuzkoa). Finally, it must be noted that the Department of Governance and Justice of the Regional Government of Andalusia reports that orders have been given for toiletries to be provided in the courthouse in Ayamonte (Huelva) and the courthouse complex in the city of Huelva.   THE OMBUDSMAN OF SPAIN