Annual Report 2016 - Spain’s National Preventive Mechanism against Torture aspects of the current Criminal Procedure Act, checking whether it adequately implements the provisions of European Union law. Interviews with detainees 8. Those persons who were voluntarily interviewed by the NPM during the visits made over 2016 generally stated to have received proper treatment from the custody officers, both when being driver to the facilities, following their arrest, and during the time of their arrest. They were informed and able to uphold their rights; they had received medical assistance when necessary; had received adequate food and water and had received a response to their bathroom requests. Complaints made by detainees Nevertheless, some of the persons interviewed complained about various issues: Committals for trial §76 AR 2014 Medical reports §77 AR 2014 Information on rights and 40 Thus, a person detained by the Municipal Police in Bilbao (Vizcaya), claimed to have been insulted by agents and that bathroom requests were delayed. A Brazilian national who was detained in a T1 room at Madrid-Barajas Airport claimed that she was not treated with respect by the police offers on the grounds of being foreign. At the Gender Violence Courts in Madrid, several detainees complained that the facilities were cold, and it was confirmed that the heating was not working. The only person detained at the Guadalajara CNP claimed to be given a dirty blanket. Another detainee at the district police station in Puente de Vallecas (Madrid) reported that the cell light was not working and, once it was checked that this was so, the agents were requested to transfer the detainee to another cell. 9. It is still often the case, in many of the visited facilities, that the detainee is committed for trial in the mornings, and not always on the weekend, which is why his/her arrest may be prolonged more than necessary in order to clarify the allegedly criminal facts leading to his detention. 10. It is still very common for police files to include medical reports or statements of assistance provided to detainees, keeping a copy at the custody facilities. In this regard, the Technical Committee of Judicial Police Units, at its meeting of 27 October 2015, dismissed the Ombudsman’s opinion on the grounds that these reports needed to be safeguarded, as regards the CNP, to ensure the legal defence of public officials against potential complaints from the detainee, as well as for healthcare security reasons. In turn, the Civil Guard claimed that medical reports were not computerised and, finally, the State Prosecutor indicated that the intervening police corps was responsible for safeguarding the document and related data. 11. All the facilities visited in 2016 had standardised forms providing