- 35 c. assessment 77. The CPT wishes once again to acknowledge the efforts being made by the Greek authorities to improve conditions of detention offered to prisoners; in the foregoing paragraphs, reference has been made to a number of specific measures adopted in this respect. However, it is also clear from the information gathered during the Committee’s most recent visit that much remains to be done. 78. The standard of accommodation is central to the quality of life within a prison. In this connection, the Prison Law of 1999 provides that cells for one inmate should offer 35 m³ and cells for two 40 m³ of living space. Resort to dormitories (for up to six inmates) should be exceptional and dormitories should offer at least 6 m² per prisoner. The law also stipulates that prisoners should be held in a safe environment which meets health and hygiene standards and, in particular, living quarters should have windows providing adequate access to natural light and ventilation, as well as heating, and should be suitably furnished (beds, tables, chairs, cupboards). The law also requires that prisoners have ready access to sanitary facilities (one lavatory and washbasin for up to three inmates), and to shower/bathing facilities (with hot and cold water).15 Naturally, the CPT welcomes the laying down of these standards. 79. As already indicated, material conditions of detention at Malandrino Prison were good; however, in the other three prisons visited they were not satisfactory. The latter establishments were all seriously overcrowded and, in certain parts of Korydallos Prison for Men, overcrowding reached outrageous levels. The situation on occasion also left something to be desired in other respects (e.g. state of cleanliness and repair, furnishings, lighting, partitioning of lavatories). The CPT recommends that occupancy levels in cells and dormitories in Alicarnassos and Khania Prisons and Korydallos Prison for Men be reduced, having regard to the remarks made in paragraphs 62 to 70 (without prejudice to complying in due course with the standards laid down in Article 21 of the Prison Law). Immediate steps should be taken to bring to an end the practice of holding more than three prisoners in the cells at those establishments. The CPT also recommends that the Greek authorities pursue their efforts to maintain the establishments visited in a good state of repair and to improve the living environment of prisoners, in the light of the remarks made in paragraphs 62 to 70. As regards more particularly Korydallos, the CPT recommends that the damaged screens of in-cell lavatories be repaired or replaced, and that efforts continue to be made to provide all prisoners with a clean mattress and blankets. 15 Cf. inter alia Articles 20, 21, 25 and 26 of law 2776, of 22 December 1999.