We could never go out of our space, which was very small. Like from our room when you open the door, there's just a really small space where you can just walk. We didn't have a library or something, and we couldn't get out of our little space. Hamza, Paranesti Source: Paranesti PRDC, BVMN According to respondents, Paranesti PRDC does not provide recreational activities or education services, there is no library, and detainees can only use a small outdoor space surrounding the containers. In accordance with the presence of a doctor and three nurses in Paranesti, nearly everyone we spoke to described that there was access to medical care, however, in very limited capacity. Medication, such as basic painkillers and sleeping tablets, were reported to be prescribed, with little other options for treatment. In absolute emergencies, respondents reported that people were sometimes taken to hospital to be treated. Despite there being a psychologist in the PRDC, access to psychological care was reported as extremely limited, with requests often going ignored, or extensively delayed, with waiting times of four months. People frequently described being treated like criminals in Paranesti. In addition, Paranesti PRDC does not allow people to use their phones with cameras, which respondents felt was a way of keeping the poor conditions concealed. We just receive some medication for .... some painkillers. Even for that they didn’t treat us, because they don't have the treatment or something to do with us. Just they gave us a painkiller and that's it. Baqir, Paranesti I know someone who wants to see a psychiatrist and he was waiting 4 months, he is there, I know him. Ahmed, Paranesti Because they told me “You are a danger to society”. And I said something like “I didn’t do nothing, I didn't do any crime. I have the papers that say that I’m free and I was in a cage when it happened this crime” or whatever I don’t know. Amine, Paranesti They give us phones, but they take the camera off, so I want to show you where I lived, how I lived but they did it on purpose in order to not record the kind of food and the place, etc. Youcef, Paranesti 34

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