- 59 - - immediate steps to be taken to bring to an end the practice of holding persons, in particular immigration detainees, for prolonged periods in ordinary law enforcement agency detention facilities; those persons to be accommodated in centres specifically designed for such use, taking due account of the criteria repeatedly advanced by the CPT (paragraph 39). comments - arrangements should be made to wash/clean mattresses and blankets at appropriate intervals (paragraph 36). Safeguards against the ill-treatment of detained persons recommendations - the situation concerning the exercise of the right to notification of custody to be reviewed in the light of the remarks in paragraph 41 and, if necessary, the legal provisions governing the right of detained persons to inform a relative to be amended (paragraph 41); - clear instructions to be issued to law enforcement officials with a view to ensuring that the right of access to a lawyer, with the content described in paragraph 42, becomes fully effective in practice as from the outset of custody (paragraph 42); - arrangements concerning access to a doctor for persons held in law enforcement agency detention facilities and the provision of health care to such persons to be reviewed, in the light of the remarks in paragraphs 44 and 45 (paragraph 45); - the Greek authorities to give further consideration to the manner in which they will implement the Committee’s recommendation that a code of conduct for interrogations by law enforcement officials be drawn up (paragraph 47); - an individualised custody record to be developed for persons detained by the law enforcement agencies (paragraph 48); - immediate steps to be taken to ensure that persons subject to immediate readmission procedures (i.e. expedited removal to a neighbouring country) are guaranteed the rights referred to in paragraphs 40 to 46 during the period that they are detained by law enforcement agencies (paragraph 50); - steps to be taken to ensure that immigration detainees are systematically provided with a document explaining the procedure applicable to them and setting out their rights; this document to be available in the languages most commonly spoken by those concerned (paragraph 51).

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