-2CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY................................................................................................................ 3
I.
INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................... 6
A.
The visit, the report and follow-up.......................................................................................... 6
B.
Context of the visit and cooperation encountered ................................................................. 6
C.
Immediate observations under Article 8, paragraph 5, of the Convention......................... 8
II.
FACTS FOUND DURING THE VISIT AND ACTION PROPOSED ................................ 9
A.
Psychiatric establishments ....................................................................................................... 9
B.
1.
Preliminary remarks (legal framework and establishments visited) ................................. 9
2.
Ill-treatment ..................................................................................................................... 13
3.
Patients’ living conditions ............................................................................................... 14
4.
Staff, treatment and documentation ................................................................................ 16
5.
Means of restraint ............................................................................................................ 18
6.
Safeguards ....................................................................................................................... 21
7.
Other issues ..................................................................................................................... 26
8.
Korydallos Prison Psychiatric Hospital .......................................................................... 27
Foreign nationals deprived of their liberty under aliens’ legislation ................................. 32
1.
Preliminary remarks ........................................................................................................ 32
2.
Ill-treatment ..................................................................................................................... 33
3.
Safeguards against ill-treatment ...................................................................................... 34
4.
Conditions of detention ................................................................................................... 37
a.
police and border guard stations ............................................................................ 37
b.
Fylakio Reception and Identification Centre (RIC)............................................... 42
c.
pre-removal centres ............................................................................................... 45
5.
Health-care services ........................................................................................................ 50
6.
Children in immigration detention .................................................................................. 54
7.
Other issues ..................................................................................................................... 57
8.
Push-back operations ...................................................................................................... 59
APPENDIX I:
List of the establishments visited by the CPT’s delegation ................................................. 63
APPENDIX II:
List of the national authorities and organisations
with which the CPT’s delegation held consultations ........................................................... 64