Short-term Deprivation of liberty
Territory
Police stations
Ondarroa
Sestao
Guipuzcoa
Number of detentions with
confinement to prison cells
72
583
2,846
Azcoitia
76
Beasain
193
Bergara
183
San Sebastian/Donostia
711
Eibar
178
Renteria
448
Hernani
405
Irun
344
Tolosa
119
Zarauz
127
Zumarraga
62
123
Traffic patrols
89
Other units
34
Total detentions
8,157
Source: In-house compilation based on data supplied by the Department of the Interior of the Basque Government.
The Department of the Interior of the Basque Regional Autonomous Government
(hereinafter, Basque Government) has reported that in 2012 there are no com
plaints on record against members of the Basque autonomous police force (Ert
zaintza) due to bad practices or alleged commission of tortures or ill-treatment.
There have been no
As regards the Catalan autonomous police force (Mossos d’Esquadra), in 2012 it
implemented a total of 53,124 detentions with confinement to prison cells.
The Catalan autonomous
Table 16. Detentions with confinement to prison cells made by the Catalan
autonomous police force in 2012, broken down by police stations
Regional Autonomous Government of
Catalonia (Generalitat) police force facilities
Central Police Region
practices
police force made 53,124
detentions with confine
ment to prison cells
Number of detentions with
confinement to prison cells
2,021
ABP Anoia-Igualada
487
ABP Bages-Manresa
884
ABP Berguedà-Berga
129
ABP Osona-Vic
480
ABP Solsonès-Solsona
complaints on bad
41
* (Translator’s note: police basic facilities)
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