HELLENIC REPUBLIC MINISTRY OF PUBLIC ORDER HELLENIC POLICE DIRECTION OF STATE SECURITY DEPARTMENT C' Athens, 18 October 1998 REPORT ON THE OBSERVATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE OF ARTICLE 1 OF THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION FOR THE PREVENTION OF TORTURE AND INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT We would like to inform you the following in regard to the observations forwarded to us by virtue of document Ref.No 9318/49. 1. PLACES OF DETENTION AT THE POLICE STATION OF DRAPETSONA a. The detention cells at the Police Station of Drapetsona are modern and built on the basis of the studies elaborated by the competent services of the Ministry of Public Order and the Piraeus Land Development Direction. b. The detention cells are divided into two (2) wards (men-women) and have a total capacity of (85) persons. c. There is a spacious corridor to each of the prisoners’ wards (menwomen), and prisoners are allowed to come out of their cells and spend time there, freely, in groups. d. The number of women prisoners is usually small, therefore the prisoners have adequate space to move in their cells and in their ward corridor. Page 2