Short-term Deprivation of liberty 30. The belongings taken from detainees during the searches must be kept in heat-sealable bags so that they may only be opened by detainees themselves upon leaving the facilities. However, at some of the facilities visited it was continued to be noticed that such belongings are kept in plastic bags or even in envelopes, against the criteria explained in paragraphs 67 of the 2010 Annual Report and 71 of the 2011 Annual Report. On the other hand, in all the interviews held with detainees, they declared that the belongings which were taken from them were correctly recorded in the custody sheets. The belongings taken from detainees should be kept in heat-sealable bags Closet for the storage of detainees’ belongings at the Spanish National Police Force station in Photograph 4 Torremolinos (Malaga) 31. At the majority of the facilities visited, detainees’ access to the inside of the custody area is made through a direct entrance, avoiding contact with the public present in these facilities to carry out some procedure, in compliance with the provisions set forth in paragraphs 46 and 95 of the 2010 Annual Report and 56 of the 2011 Annual Report. There are some facilities that, even though they have an independent entrance into the area of prison cells, this does not preclude the public exposure of detainees. Such is the case of the Local Police station in Medi­ na del Campo (Valladolid) where, as may be seen in the following photo, the normal entrance of detainees is carried out through a back door at the rear side of the building, which has direct access to the area of prison cells, but it opens onto an open space, adjacent to some gardens and a children’s playground, with­ out there being a fence or a wall which may prevent the vision of detainees and their public exposure. THE OMBUDSMAN OF SPAIN Access to the inside of the custody area is made through a direct entrance in order to avoid contact of the detainee with the public 47