Short-term deprivation of liberty Table 23. Detainees taken to healthcare facilities by the GC prior to their admission to police establishments Nº of detainees HQ or Barracks Nº taken to hospitals Albacete 233 78 Aljaraque (Huelva) 121 8 1,135 115 Arguineguín (Las Palmas) 352 75 Bollullos Par del Condado (Huelva) 198 0 Castellón de la Plana 830 275 77 48 El Ejido (Almería) 572 2 Guadalajara 361 37 Huelva 120 0 33 6 479 48 Almería Cuenca Intxaurrondo (Gipuzkoa) Las Rozas (Madrid) Source: own work based on data provided by the DGGC. 49.  In paragraphs 58 & 105 and elsewhere in the Annual Report 2010 it was indicated that the various police forces needed to set up a general protocol for action in case signs of potentially contagious diseases were detected and specific guidelines for dealing with pregnant detainees. On the inspection visits made in 2011 the Ombudsman asked again about this matter and found that in most establishments there were still no such protocols in place. However the CNP reports that a draft document has recently been completed under the title “Protocol for police action in dealing with pregnant detainees” [Protocolo de actuación policial para el tratamiento de mujeres detenidas en estado de gestación], and that a working group is shortly to be set up to distribute the document to a number of units whose police work is directly linked to the guarding of detainees, for suggestions and comments to be made. There is still no general 50.  On the inspection visits made it was observed that most establishments were adequately equipped with prophylactic measures for dealing with cases of infectious/contagious diseases, though their provision had to be requested in some cases, e.g. the CNP district station in Cuenca, the local police station in La Carolina (Jaén) and the courthouse complexes in Albacete and Ayamonte (Huelva). The DGP and the Dept. of Governance and Justice of the Regional Government of Andalusia report that they will proceed to acquire such measures. Most of the establishments 51.  Most of the detainees interviewed during inspection visits stated that they had been properly treated by custodial officers. One interviewee at the Central District police station in Madrid complained of the treatment received at another station: “They’ve treated me properly, here, much better than in the station at Most detainees interviewed THE OMBUDSMAN OF SPAIN  protocol for action in case of potentially contagious diseases The CNP has drawn up a draft protocol for dealing with pregnant detainees visited were equipped with prophylactic measures stated that they had been properly treated by custodial officers, though  63