-2CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY................................................................................................................ 4
I.
INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................... 8
A.
The visit, the report and follow-up.......................................................................................... 8
B.
Consultations held by the delegation and co-operation encountered .................................. 9
C.
Immediate observations under Article 8, paragraph 5, of the Convention....................... 10
D.
National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) ............................................................................... 11
II.
FACTS FOUND DURING THE VISIT AND ACTION PROPOSED .............................. 12
A.
Prison establishments ............................................................................................................. 12
1.
Preliminary remarks ........................................................................................................ 12
2.
Ill-treatment ..................................................................................................................... 16
3.
a.
inter-prisoner violence ........................................................................................... 16
b.
ill-treatment of inmates by prison staff .................................................................. 20
Conditions of detention ................................................................................................... 21
a.
material conditions................................................................................................. 21
b.
prisoners on protection .......................................................................................... 25
c.
regime .................................................................................................................... 27
4.
Health care services......................................................................................................... 29
5.
Korydallos Prison Health Centre .................................................................................... 35
6.
Other issues ..................................................................................................................... 38
a.
prison staff ............................................................................................................. 38
b.
discipline ................................................................................................................ 41
c.
reception and induction procedures ....................................................................... 43
d.
contact with the outside world ............................................................................... 44
e.
complaints procedures ........................................................................................... 46