Annual Report 2012: Spain’s National Preventive Mechanism The Civil Guard has carried out 143,648 transfers of prisoners Nine judicial proceedings were initiated against members of the Civil Guard The Basque autonomous police force made 8,157 detentions with confinement to prison cells On the other hand, the Directorate General of the Civil Guard (abbreviated as DGGC in Spanish) has reported that in 2012 a total of 143,648 transfers of prison­ ers were carried out between prison facilities or between those and judicial or healthcare facilities, with a total of 265,044 inmates being transferred at national level. As regards the total amount of complaints on bad practices or the alleged com­ mission of torture or ill-treatment by officers of the Civil Guard against persons deprived of liberty, at Civil Guard facilities or during the transfers, the Directo­ rate General of the Civil Guard has reported that 9 judicial proceedings were ini­ tiated in 2012. In one of them, referred to the post in Cabezon (Valladolid), the judicial body has decided to discontinue and close the procedure. The eight re­ maining ones are currently pending a final judicial decision, and for this reason, no administrative action has been taken up to date. The officers allegedly involved in those acts were stationed in the Fiscal Patrol of Sanlucar de Barrameda (Cadiz), the Reserve and Safety Group no. 3 in Valencia, the post of Puerto Ser­ rano (Cadiz), the UPROSE Company of Transfers (Madrid), the main post of Col­ lado Villalba (Madrid), the Core of Destinations in Badajoz, the post of Cofrentes (Valencia) and the Judicial Police team in Casetas (Saragossa). For its part, in 2012 the Basque autonomous police force (Ertzaintza) has imple­ mented a total of 8,157 detentions which entailed confinement to prison cells. Table 15. Detentions with confinement to prison cells made by the Basque autonomous police force in 2012, broken down by historic territories and police stations Territory Police stations Alava 1,020 Laguardia 91 Llodio/Llodio 32 Vitoria-Gasteiz Biscay 897 4,168 Valmaseda 85 Basauri 98 Bilbao 32 Number of detentions with confinement to prison cells 1,958 Durango 292 Erandio 140 Galdakao 114 Gernica/Lumo 268 Gecho 241 Muskiz 317 THE OMBUDSMAN OF SPAIN