-2CONTENTS
Copy of the letter transmitting the CPT’s report............................................................................4
I.
INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................................5
A.
Dates of the visit and composition of the delegation ..............................................................5
B.
Context of the visit ....................................................................................................................5
C.
Cooperation between the CPT and the Greek authorities ....................................................6
D.
Immediate observations under Article 8, paragraph 5, of the Convention .........................7
II.
FACTS FOUND DURING THE VISIT AND ACTION PROPOSED ................................9
A.
The detention of irregular migrants........................................................................................9
B.
1.
Preliminary remarks ..........................................................................................................9
2.
Ill-treatment .....................................................................................................................10
3.
Conditions of detention ...................................................................................................11
a.
police detention facilities in the Evros region........................................................11
b.
police detention facilities in the Attica and other regions ......................................16
c.
assessment and action to improve conditions of detention ....................................18
4.
Regime.............................................................................................................................19
5.
Health care .......................................................................................................................19
6.
Staffing ............................................................................................................................20
7.
Other issues......................................................................................................................21
Prison establishments .............................................................................................................22
1.
Preliminary remarks ........................................................................................................22
a.
prisons visited.........................................................................................................22
b.
overcrowding and other structural deficiencies .....................................................22
2.
Ill-treatment .....................................................................................................................23
3.
Conditions of detention ...................................................................................................26
4.
a.
material conditions .................................................................................................26
b.
regime.....................................................................................................................27
Female juvenile unit at Thiva Prison ...............................................................................28