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recommendations
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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);
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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);
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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);
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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);
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the deficient lighting and the lack of cleanliness in the toilet in the isolation cell in Chios
Prison to be remedied (paragraph 148);
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the segregation cells in Malandrino Prison to be renovated before they are brought back into
service (paragraph 148);
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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);
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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);
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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);
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all newly-admitted prisoners to be supplied with information on the regime in force in the
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