- 40 89. It is of particular concern that families with children and women were being held together with unrelated men in cells in the police and border guard stations in the Evros region, with whom they had to share toilets and sanitary facilities. This was in contradiction to a 2016 order issued by the Hellenic Police Headquarters, which instructed police officers to separate women and children from unrelated men in closed facilities,58 and presented an increased risk for their safety and security, exposing them to a risk of sexual and gender based violence. Further, they did not receive appropriate care for their specific needs. This practice should immediately be brought to an end. The CPT calls on the Greek authorities to ensure that women and children are never detained in the same cell as unrelated men. As regards the routine detention of children with their parents, the Committee refers to its recommendation made in paragraph 131. 90. As regards the police stations in Attica, Drapetsona Police Station was still operating and holding immigration detainees for months on end. At the time of the April 2018 visit, 24 foreign nationals were being held in one of the two large detention areas; the longest stay had been for over two and a half months.59 The structure of the facility had not changed and not much had improved since the Committee’s July 2016 visit. The walls had been painted and repair works had been carried out on the flooring and the sewage and ventilation systems. While there were four spotlights, access to natural light was still insufficient and the ten cells remained dark. Many mattresses were worn-out and blankets had not been cleaned for months. Only four of the six toilets and three of the six showers were functioning. With the exception of soap, detained persons had not been provided with hygiene and cleaning products. Access to outdoor exercise was still not provided. The second large detention area was in a similar poor state. The CPT continues to consider that Drapetsona Police Station is totally unsuitable for holding persons for longer than 24 hours. As long as persons are detained there, the CPT recommends that the Greek authorities take urgent action to remedy these shortcomings at Drapetsona Police Station in line with the recommendations set out in paragraph 94 to ensure that detained persons are held in decent and clean conditions. 58 59 See Hellenic Police Headquarters, Ανακοίνωση σχετικά με την έκδοση διαταγής για την προστασία των ευάλωτων προσώπων και ιδίως των ανήλικων και των γυναικών μεταναστριών και προσφύγων [Communication on the issuing of an order for the protection of vulnerable persons, especially minors and migrant women and refugees], 31 May 2016. The police station also held six criminal suspects, including three foreign nationals and three Greeks, who were held at the large detention area in the front (five persons) and in a small temporary detention cell (one person).