8. Lack of legal safeguards 55 »I have a load of 15 years isolation in Turkish prisons on my shoulders.« T.U., from Turkey ■ T.U. is a Turkish national. He fled Turkey because of political persecution after many years in prison. »I have a load of 15 years isolation in Turkish prisons on my shoulders.« Following his arrival in Greece he applied for asylum immediately on February 2, 2011. The same day, and following the intervention of a private lawyer, he was issued a detention decision (without a pending deportation decision) for a maximum of three months with the reasoning for the prompt and effective asylum procedure. The first interview was set for April 16, 2011. No decision on his asylum claim was made. The walls of the cells are full of inscriptions, the bars full of cloths On May 6, 2011 the Administrative Court of Alexandroupolis rejected the objections against the detention of T.U., and decided that the confinement was legal because the three-month period of detention was not surpassed, although it was clear that the completion of the asylum procedure within three months was not feasible. There was no further examination regarding the purpose of the detention in this case. H.A. was arrested in August, 2010. On August 17, 2010 the police ordered his deportation. He stayed in detention pending deportation. His deportation was not feasible until December 16, 2010 when he challenged his detention before the court on the basis of the bad detention conditions and the prolonged period of his detention. His claim was rejected. His objection regarding the bad detention conditions was considered inadmissible.