- 45 c. assessment 96. While the Greek authorities are making some efforts to improve the conditions of detention offered to prisoners, the measures undertaken tend to be far too reactive and limited in scope, as opposed to being proactive and comprehensive. The Committee does not underestimate the challenges facing the Greek prison system, but it is incumbent upon the Greek authorities to address the shortcomings outlined above in a systematic manner with a view to rendering the day to day reality in prisons consistent with the humane prison policy enshrined in law. The conditions of detention in some of the prisons (or units within prisons) visited by the CPT’s delegation, where overcrowding is severe, could be described as inhuman and/or degrading. 97. As noted in the report on the 2001 visit30, the CPT welcomes the provisions in the Prison Law of 1999 setting down the standards of accommodation and the norms for a safe environment, including health and hygiene, to be provided to each prisoner. These basic legal standards are not being applied in any of the prisons visited. The CPT recommends, without prejudice to the full application of Article 21 of the Prison Law in due course, that:  immediate steps be taken to devise a phased programme to reduce the occupancy levels in Korydallos Men’s Prison from the current three or more prisoners per 9,5 m² cell to no more than two per cell;  the occupancy levels in the dormitories of Korydallos Women’s Prison and Chios and Komotini Judicial Prisons be reduced, having regard to the remarks made in paragraphs 88 to 92 above;  the 9m² individual cells in Korydallos Women's Prison should in no cases accommodate more than two persons (preferably they should accommodate only one);  additional efforts be made 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 84 to 92 above. Further, the Committee would like to receive a detailed timetable for the proposed renovation of the different Wings at Korydallos Women’s Prison. 98. By letter of 12 January 2006 the Greek authorities informed the Committee of the action taken in respect of Chios Prison, which was the subject of an immediate observation by the CPT’s delegation under Article 8, paragraph 5, of the Convention, in respect of, among other issues, the material conditions in the prison at the time of the visit (cf. paragraph 8 above). 30 cf. CPT (2002) 31, paragraph 78.