Annual Report 2010 by the National Preventive Mechanism against Torture The establishments 42. As can be seen in Tables 2-9 above, in 2010 the NPM visited sixty places visited accounted for 63% of short-term deprivation of liberty run by the CNP. The establishments of the arrests resulting in holding in cells visited accounted for 63% of the arrests resulting in holding in cells made in the year. Graphic 4. Location of CNP-run places of deprivation of liberty visited in 2010 ••••••••••••••• Regional Headquarters District Police Stations Other Establishments Border Control Posts I.1. Police headquarters, district stations and central registries On the visits made, cases 43. The average detainee holding time observed in establishments of this type were observed of persons was less than 24 hours, well below the 72 hour maximum indicated above. held for longer than strictly necessary to complete the required procedures However, cases were observed of persons held in police custody for longer than was strictly necessary to complete the required procedures, e.g. when it was not possible to bring them immediately before the courts because it was the weekend or a public holiday, or because arraignments were only held in the mornings. 48 THE OMBUDSMAN OF SPAIN