- 55 4. Female juvenile unit at Thiva Prison 115. Greece does not have a dedicated establishment for the detention of female juveniles who are held on remand or sentenced to imprisonment. Instead, one unit at Thiva Prison has been allocated as the place for detaining female juvenile prisoners in the country. The material conditions in the unit were generally acceptable; however, there is a need for more regular maintenance work (two of the three telephones were out of order and the toilets did not function properly), and greater efforts should be made to provide more positive and personalised conditions. Of greater concern is the fact that the care and regime offered to juveniles was exactly the same as that provided to adult female prisoners which, as described above, were particularly impoverished. No additional efforts were made to provide opportunities for education, vocational training and recreation for the female juvenile population. Nor were any special measures taken to promote contact with the outside world. More specifically, the delegation received a number of complaints from juvenile inmates, inter alia, that they had not been provided with any information as to the rules and regime, including in relation to purposeful activities on offer; that several of them had been punished as a group for complaining about the lack of hot water by being placed in a bare cell for a few hours; that despite repeated requests to see a gynaecologist and a dentist, access to them remained problematic; that receiving visits was difficult; that no sentence plan had been drawn up for any of the juveniles and that they had received no support in preparing for their release back into the community. 116. The CPT considers that female juveniles deprived of their liberty ought to be held in detention centres specifically designed for persons of this age, offering regimes tailored to their needs and staffed by persons trained in dealing with the young. As to their regime, female juveniles should be offered a full programme of education, sport, vocational training, recreation and other purposeful activities. Physical education should constitute an important part of that programme. Further, staff who work with female juveniles should be carefully selected for their personal maturity and ability to cope with the challenges of working with – and safeguarding the welfare of – this age group. They should be committed to working with young people, and be capable of guiding and motivating juveniles in their charge. Special attention must also be paid to the specific medical needs of female juveniles in detention. There should be close coordination between the work of the establishment’s health care team (doctors, nurses, psychologists, etc.) and that of other professionals (including social workers and teachers) who have regular contact with inmates. In short, health care should form part of a seamless web of support and therapy. 117. In the light of the conditions of detention for female juvenile inmates at Thiva Prison, as described above, the CPT recommends that the Greek authorities put in place a properly resourced facility or unit for female juvenile prisoners; the facility should have a childcentred approach, offer a purposeful regime and be staffed by a multi-disciplinary team of professionals.