Short-term Deprivation of liberty Certainly, during the visits carried out in 2012 the Ombudsman Institution was able to verify that there are facilities, such as those of the Civil Guard in the Al­ geciras Port (Cadiz), where no blankets or mats were supplied to detainees, which was the reason for a complaint sent by two detainees that were held at the prison cells at the time of the visit. On the contrary, the Local Police in Zafra (Badajoz) provide mattresses and pillows to detainees. However, the most common action is to provide detainees with already used blankets, which has also been the sub­ ject of complaint at several of the facilities visited. At the Spanish National Police Force station in Merida (Badajoz) the Ombudsman Institution was able to verify that in the prison cell area there was a communication from the Directorate Gen­ eral of the Police mentioning the Recommendation sent by this Institution to proceed to clean the blankets after each use by detainees, which shows the inter­ est of said governing body to homogenize the actions of the Spanish National Police Force in this respect, and the same was also verified at the police stations in Medina del Campo (Valladolid) and the Algeciras Port (Cadiz). The Catalan autonomous police force still fails to supply clean blankets, not previously used by other detainees, as was verified at the police stations in L’Hospitalet de Llobre­ gat and Sabadell (Barcelona). The Local Police in Bilbao (Biscay) gives each de­ tainee blankets that have been washed and disinfected, for a single use, as well as straw mats, but no mattresses or mats, against the criterion established in para­ graphs 133 of the 2010 Annual Report and 71 of the 2011 Annual Report. The Basque autonomous police force also gives out straw mats to detainees, as was verified at their police station in Bilbao (Biscay). It has not accepted the recom­ mendation to modify this procedure in view of the remarks made by this Institu­ tion, contrary to the Local Police in Bilbao (Biscay), which has accepted the crite­ rion of the Ombudsman Institution, although it has made its implementation conditional upon having the necessary budgetary availability. It is common for detainees to be provided with previously used blankets Blankets at the Spanish National Police Force Photograph 12 station in Alicante THE OMBUDSMAN OF SPAIN 55