Visits made 5. During 2016, 59 short-term deprivation of liberty facilities were visited: 23 of the National Police Force, 21 of the Civil Guard, 9 local police stations, 2 autonomous police stations (Mossos de Esquadra in Tarragona and Regional Police of Pamplona), 2 visits to courthouse jail facilities (Madrid) and 2 visits to detention centres and centres for asylum seekers at border controls (Barcelona and Madrid). Four of these visits involved the participation of members of the Advisory Council and 3 involved the participation of autonomous commissioners. 6. The average length of these deprivations of liberty is approximately 24 hours, except for those cases where a person has sought asylum or has been exceptionally refused entrance into Spain. During these visits, particular care is taken to ensure that the detainees at these facilities are adequately treated in appropriate conditions. Regulatory changes 7. The 2015 Annual Report (§7) referred to the passing of various rules affecting the procedural guarantees of detainees, as well as the conditions of their arrest (Organic Act 13/2015, of 5 October, amending the Criminal Procedure Act, to strengthen procedural guarantees and to regulate technological research measures; Ministry of the Interior Order INT/2573/2015 and Instructions 11/2015 y 12/2015 issued by the State Secretary for Security, referring to the conditions in which these arrests are completed). These regulatory amendments, which gather a relevant number of Recommendations and Suggestions made by the NPM, came into force during the fourth quarter of last year, which is why their effective application will be included in this Report. Said Organic Act 13/2015, of 5 October, reformed Articles 118.1 and 520.2 of Right to access the Criminal Procedure Act, amongst others, in compliance with Directive the necessary 2012/13/EU, of the European Parliament, on the right of the detainee and channels of his lawyer to access the necessary channels of action in order to refute action in order to the legality of the detention or deprivation of liberty, and to examine the refute the proceedings sufficiently in advance before making a statement. Said right has legality of the been acknowledged in different ways in both articles; police detentions are detention governed by the principle of Article 520.2, consequently only granting access to basic components of the police report, without being entitled to examine the proceedings, which would cover the entire police report and even a right to obtain a copy of the necessary documentation. The Safety & Justice Department of the Ombudsman is taking steps with the Directorate-General of the Police and State Prosecution Service on these 39