- 46 At Korydallos, the visiting entitlement - of 30 minutes per week - was not always being
respected; many prisoners stated (and staff confirmed) that they were authorised only two visits per
month lasting a mere 20 minutes each. The CPT recommends that the Greek authorities ensure
that prisoners enjoy at least the visiting entitlement of 30 minutes per week provided for in
Article 52 of the Prison Law, and that they strive to offer more generous visiting time to
prisoners.
106. As regards the conditions in which visits took place, the booths at Malandrino offered
adequate conditions for restricted visits. The facilities seen at the other three establishments
displayed much the same shortcomings highlighted by the CPT following previous visits (cf.
CPT/Inf (94) 20, paragraph 128): often prisoners and visitors had to shout to make themselves
heard, they could hardly see each other, and they were rarely provided with seats. Conditions were
particularly poor at Khania Prison, where the prisoner and his visitors were kept some distance apart
by a multiple barrier of metal bars, glass and wire mesh, and at Alicarnassos, where visits took
place in a deafening cacophony of prisoners and visitors all shouting at the same time in a vain
attempt to make themselves heard. The CPT recommends that conditions in the visiting booths
be reviewed, in the light of the above remarks.
Moreover, the CPT sees no justification for the present system, under which the majority of
prisoners are denied physical contact with their visitors, often during lengthy periods. Closed
visiting arrangements might be necessary in certain circumstances, but should not constitute the
rule. Consequently, the CPT recommends that the Greek authorities review visiting
arrangements for prisoners in order to ensure that they are in principle able to receive visits
under reasonably open conditions.
107. At Malandrino, visits were rare occurrences. The prison’s geographical isolation requires
that close attention be paid to the organisation of visits at that establishment. The CPT
recommends that the Greek authorities draw up special rules on visiting arrangements at
Malandrino (and any other similarly located prisons in Greece). Such rules should, inter alia,
address the length of visits, the arrangements under which they take place and possible forms
of assistance to visitors.
c.
segregation
108. The provisions of the Prison Law on disciplinary sanctions and procedures do not call for
specific comments; on the whole they now comply with the recommendations made by the CPT in
previous visit reports. This is also the case as regards administrative segregation.21
Further, the delegation noted that little recourse was had to segregation for disciplinary
purposes.
21
Cf. Articles 21.3 and 65 to 71 of Law 2776, of 22 December 1999, as well as CPT/Inf (2001) 18, paragraph
176.
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