Places of short-Term Deprivation of Liberty
officers seconded to the Ministry of the Interior are used. Everywhere else
custodial duty is handled either by officers of the national-level state security
have been devolved they
forces or by regional autonomous police officers.
are answerable to the
226. 29 courthouses in 22 towns and cities belonging to 13 autonomous
29 courthouses
communities (Andalusia, Aragon, Asturias, the Canary Islands, Cantabria,
in 22 towns belonging
Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla y Leon, the Community of Valencia, Galicia,
Balearic Islands, La Rioja, Madrid and Navarre) and to the Autonomous City of
autonomous communities.
to 13 autonomous
communities were
visited in 2010
Melilla were visited in 2010.
Graphic 14. Geographical location of the courthouse holding cells visited
in 2010
227. It was observed on the inspection visits made that detainees were not
Holding time is no more
usually held at these cells for more than 10 hours.
than 10 hours
228. In general the standards of conservation and upkeep of the facilities
Good standards of
visited were good, as most of the buildings were recently built or refurbished
conservation and upkeep
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