Annual Report 2010 by the National Preventive Mechanism against Torture Blankets are disposed of 191. Detainees sleep on built-in plinths. Sufficient blankets were available for after use. Cells need to be the number of persons held overnight. Blankets are disposed of after use. Blankets provided with enough mattresses are used as mattresses. Even though (as mentioned in paragraph 179) detainees usually only spend a few hours in the cells, sufficient mattresses should be provided. Detainees held for more 192. It was reported on the inspection visits carried out that when detainees than 24 hours are allowed were held in the cells for longer than 24 hours they were allowed out to walk to take walks around the holding area. In such cases provision should also be made for an area where they can take exercise or spend some time outdoors. Visits from legal 193. Detainees can receive visits from their legal counsel and from consular staff counsel & consular staff are in the case of foreign nationals. All other visits require authorisation from the permitted examining magistrate handling the case. Incoming & outgoing 194. Detainees are handcuffed on admission to and on leaving the cells. The detainees are handcuffed establishments were observed to be equipped with regulation restraints and riot shields, and in some cases helmets were placed on the heads of agitated detainees to prevent injuries. Firearms should be 195. It was observed that custodial officers wore their firearms with the magazines removed on entering cell removed while in the holding areas. Although Article 4.1. of Provincial Order areas. It was observed that they are currently worn without the magazine [Orden Foral] 85/2008 of February 20 on the uniforms, badges and credentials of the Regional Police Force of Navarre establishes that the regulation firearm with its black gun belt or such other belt as may be provided is a part of the force’s uniform, it would be advisable for the sake of general security in custodial circumstances for firearms to be removed on entering cell areas. To that end, the circumstances envisaged in subsection 2 of the said Article 4 could be applied, i.e. “The Head of the Regional Police may exempt uniformed officers from carrying firearms should special circumstances prevail”. Officers were observed to 196. During inspection visits custodial officers were observed to be properly be properly identified identified, with their ID numbers in plain sight, as required under Article 7.3 of Provincial Order 85/2008 of February 20. Belongings confiscated are 197. Detainees undergo an initial superficial search at the hands of the arresting noted down in the custody officers. When they reach the holding area they are searched more thoroughly log and the detainee signs a form in proof of agreement. Strip searches are not conducted in a separate room or in the cells themselves. During this search any personal belongings are confiscated, with special attention paid to any objects or items of clothing that could be used to cause self-inflicted injuries. Belonging are bagged, stored in a cabinet and noted down in the detainee custody log. Detainees sign a form in proof of agreement with the list recorded. It was reported during the inspection visits carried out that strip searches were not conducted, but that if 96 THE OMBUDSMAN OF SPAIN