8 HELLENIC REPUBLIC MINISTRY OF JUSTICE, TRANSPARENCY & HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT TO THE GREEK GOVERNMENT ON THE VISIT TO GREECE CARRIED OUT BY THE EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR THE PREVENTION OF TORTURE AND INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT (CPT) FROM 10 TO 19 APRIL 2018 Comments of the Ministry of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights Regarding the observations made by the delegation of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT), following their visit to Greece (1019 April 2018) and the recommendations included at CPT's Draft Report regarding Korydallos Prison Psychiatric Hospital and especially paragraphs 58 to 69 of the above mentioned report, we kindly inform you the following: As regards paragraph 59: The Ministry of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights is fully committed to implementing the integration of both Korydallos Prison Hospital and Korydallos Prison Psychiatric Hospital into the National Health System, according to the legal provisions of art. 13 law n. 3772/2009 as amended by art. 43 par. 1 law n. 4356/2015. As already mentioned in the response of the MoJ to the preliminary observations following the CPT visit to Greece from 10-19 April 2018 (ref. no 39871/7-6-2018), the procedures are under way but have not been concluded yet. As regards paragraph 60: In relation to the capacity of prison establishments it should be noted that the Ministry of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights implemented in 2017 for the first time a procedure of measuring actual capacity of all prison establishments following common criteria which adhere to both the recommendations of the CPT and the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights. Following this procedure, the official capacity of all prisons was re-established, with particular reference to specific categories of offenders (male, female, juvenile, young offenders, drug addicted prisoners, patients) and type of facilities (close prisons and semi-open farm houses). Accordingly, updated information on prison occupancy and vacant places is available on the MoJ website on a monthly basis so that decisions on placement of convicted offenders and remand prisoners are informed by actual availability of space in every prison facility. The outcome of this process in relation to Korydallos Prison Psychiatric Hospital has resulted in the recording of maximum capacity of 261 prisoners (as opposed to the previous reported capacity of 160), However, in the draft Presidential Decree providing for the integration of the facility into the National Health System, the capacity is set at 200 places including prisoners that are detained as workers. It is expected that following the completion of the integration, the capacity will be re-adjusted accordingly, with specific reference to women