- 40 3. Conditions of detention a. pre-departure centres 67. The CPT has long advocated that irregular migrants deprived of their liberty should be accommodated in centres specifically designed for that purpose, offering material conditions and a regime appropriate to their legal situation and staffed by suitably-qualified personnel. Obviously, such centres should provide accommodation which is adequately-furnished, clean and in a good state of repair, and which offers sufficient living space for the numbers involved. Further, care should be taken in the design and layout of the premises to avoid as far as possible any impression of a carceral environment. As regards regime activities, they should include outdoor exercise, access to a day room and to radio/television and newspapers/magazines, as well as other appropriate means of recreation (e.g. board games, table tennis, sports). The longer the period for which persons are detained, the more developed should be the activities which are offered to them. 68. The pre-fabricated accommodation units in the Amgydaleza pre-departure centre consisted of two rooms, each measuring some 9 m² and equipped with two sets of bunk beds, a table and chairs, and a cupboard; between the two rooms were two fully-partitioned toilets and showers. The units were generally clean and in a good state of repair, with adequate lighting and ventilation. Further, the detainees could be outside of the units for much of the day (from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.), which alleviated the limited amount of living space per detainee in the rooms. However, “outside” meant walking around on gravel stones between the rows of units or in an open area at the entrance to the compound, with no means of rest installed and no sports or other recreational activities available. There were no communal rooms for association or television, and no place for worship. Further, detainees complained about the lack of hygiene products and the fact that they could not wash their clothes or bedding. In fact, washing machines and driers had been purchased but they did not function. 69. At the Komotini pre-departure centre, detained persons were accommodated in dormitories (each measuring approximately 20 m²) which contained five sets of bunk beds and, at the time of the visit, were holding six to ten persons. Certain of the sanitary annexes were in a deplorable state of repair (broken urinals and sinks, non-functioning toilets and showers, leaking sewage water from the pipes in the ceiling) and the smell within them was nauseous. At the end of the visit, the CPT’s delegation made an immediate observation and requested that urgent action be taken to repair the sanitary facilities. By communication of 17 June 2013, the Greek authorities informed the Committee that funding had been requested to refurbish the facilities. The CPT would like to be informed about the refurbishment. As regards activities, detained persons were in theory offered outdoor exercise for two hours a day on the gravel forecourt (one hour in the morning and one hour in the afternoon); however, many persons complained that they were often not offered outdoor exercise at all and when they were it was rarely longer than 30 minutes. Further, there were no purposeful activities on offer.