31. From the range of different types of places of deprivation of liberty listed in the previous chapter, establishments of the following types were visited in 2010: •  National Police Force headquarters, district stations and central registries.   •  Civil Guard headquarters and barracks.   •  Establishments of the Regional Police Force of Navarre.   •  Stations and other establishments of the Ertzaintza.   •  Stations of the Mossos d’Esquadra.   •  Municipal    holding cells for detainees and other local police force establishments. •  Courthouse holding cells.   •  Waiting    areas for persons denied access and asylum seekers at border control posts. •  Military detention centres.   •  Detention Centres for Foreigh Nationals.   •  Prisons.   •  Centres for young offenders.   •  Secure hospital Units.   •  Vehicles for the transporting persons in custody.   •  Procedure for the repatriating foreign nationals.   32. Places of deprivation of liberty in all 17 of Spain’s regional autonomous communities and in the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla were visited. In this first year of inspections, emphasis was placed on carrying out a large number of inspection visits, so as to enable a preliminary picture to be drawn up of the situation as regards deprivation of liberty in Spain as a whole. In all, 231 inspection visits were made, including the exercise carried out at the Madrid V prison (Soto del Real) in the context of the European NPM Project under the auspices of the Council of Europe. Table 1. Number of places visited per regional autonomous community Places visited per regional autonomous community Andalusia Aragon Principality of Asturias Canary Islands Cantabria Castilla-La Mancha Castilla y Leon Catalonia Extremadura Galicia Balearic Islands A. Community of Madrid Region of Murcia A. Community of Navarre Basque Country La Rioja A. Community of Valencia Autonomous City of Ceuta Autonomous City of Melilla Total THE OMBUDSMAN OF SPAIN Numerous different types of places of deprivation of liberty were visited at national, regional and local levels A total of 231 places of deprivation of liberty were visited, to enable an overall picture of the situation to be drawn up Number of places visited, broken down by regional autonomous communities 31 9 13 7 11 9 20 2 6 10 12 21 5 13 22 8 13 4 5 231 27

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