34. As indicated in paragraph 34 of the Annual Report 2010, this section refers
to inspection visits to places of short-term deprivation of liberty, i.e. those where
maximum holding time is measured in days. No detailed analysis of the various
organisations and police forces operating in Spain is given here, as such an analysis appeared in the 2010 report.
Maximum holding time is
35. The information provided by the various police forces indicates that throughout Spanish territory over 425,000 detentions entailing persons being confined in
holding areas were made in 2011, around 9% fewer than the previous year. All
police and security forces were asked to provide data on complaints filed by detainees against staff for alleged mistreatment. If this information is found to contain noteworthy data concerning individual establishments, those data are considered as a major parameter in deciding which establishments should be visited
in the future, for the sake of proper prevention.
In 2011 there were over
The CNP made 275,737 arrests in 2011, though it was not possible to determine
exactly how many detainees were confined in holding cells. 172,039 people were
arrested for alleged criminal offences, 13,274 for misdemeanours and 90,424 for
infringements of the Foreign Nationals Act [Ley de extranjería]. The table below
breaks down these figures by regional autonomous communities, autonomous
cities and provinces.
The CNP made a total
measured in days
425,000 detentions
entailing persons being
confined in holding areas
of 275,737 arrests
Table 17. Arrests made by the CNP broken down by regions, autonomous
cities and provinces
Regional Autonomous Community
Province
Andalusia
Nº of detainees
52,220
Almería
5,394
Cadiz
8,140
Cordoba
2,448
Granada
5,040
Huelva
1,854
Jaén
2,407
Malaga
17,281
Seville
9,656
Aragon
7,961
Huesca
741
Teruel
243
Zaragoza
6,977
Principality of Asturias
5,207
Balearic Islands
6,650
Canary Islands
10,356
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