- 85 Other issues recommendations - the Greek authorities to introduce proper reception and first night procedures as well as an induction process for all prisoners being admitted to a prison, with a priority placed on those establishments which are points of entry to the prison system (paragraph 141); - the Greek authorities to review the arrangements for visits, with a view to:  increasing the amount of visiting time offered, preferably to at least one hour every week;  allowing ordinary visits to take place under less restrictive conditions. The use of closed booth-type facilities should be the exception rather than the rule;  ensuring that security arrangements for open visits are individually risk-assessed;  allowing prisoners meeting their children for an open visit to fully express their feelings physically, should they so desire, especially in Thiva Prison (paragraph 144); - the Greek authorities to draw up special visiting arrangements both for difficult-to-access prisons and for those prisoners serving their sentence in an establishment far from their home, which should address inter alia the cumulation of visiting time and possible forms of assistance to visitors (paragraph 145); - prisons to be granted the necessary resources to ensure that applications for home leave are evaluated in a rigorous manner. Further, inmates should be fully aware of the criteria for which home leave may be granted and receive a decision on their application in writing, giving specific reasons in the event of rejection (paragraph 146); - the deficient lighting and the lack of cleanliness in the toilet in the isolation cell in Chios Prison to be remedied (paragraph 148); - the segregation cells in Malandrino Prison to be renovated before they are brought back into service (paragraph 148); - the Greek authorities to take the necessary steps to ensure that women who self-harm or who are thought to have a mental disorder are not placed in isolation but instead are treated as patients and given appropriate medical care (paragraph 148); - steps to be taken in the segregation unit of Korydallos Women’s Remand Prison to install a modesty screen for the in-cell toilets and any prisoner held in the unit for a prolonged period to be provided with hot water (paragraph 148); - all prisoners held in segregation units, including those undergoing a disciplinary punishment, to be offered at least one hour of outdoor exercise every day. Further, prisoners held for a prolonged period in a segregation unit for non-disciplinary reasons to be offered activities of a structured and meaningful nature; under no circumstances should they be deprived of all human contact (paragraph 149); - all newly-admitted prisoners to be supplied with information on the regime in force in the

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