- 31 SECTION D – Treatment of criminal suspects detained by the police 3. Safeguards against ill-treatment Paragraph 69: Recommendation to the Greek authorities to take the necessary steps to ensure that every detained person is granted the right to notify a close relative or third party of their choice As regards the right of detainees to notify a close relative etc., communication is not obstructed. On the contrary, the authorities facilitate communication, observing the provisions of the Code of Penal Procedure, the Disciplinary Code and the secrecy of conversations. In particular, foreign detainees are entitled to have visits by their relatives up to the second degree by blood or affinity. In case there are no such relatives, they may have visits by other relatives or friends, whose identity they had declared in advance to the holding facilities guards. Visitors meet with provisionally detained foreign nationals at special visiting rooms, designed to comply with prescribed terms and conditions of security, while enabling easy communication of detainees with visitors. Visiting days and hours are determined by order of the administrators of detention facilities. Telephone contact Foreign detainees may use card phones installed within the detention facilities. The number of card phones sufficiently serves the needs of detainees. The period of use of card phones serves the needs of all detainees. In case of emergency relating to relatives of detainees (death, sickness etc.), after the agency confirms the incident, detainees may telephone their relatives at any time. Paragraph 70: Recommendation to the Greek authorities to take immediate and effective steps to ensure that the right of access to a lawyer applies for any detained person as from the very outset of deprivation of liberty by the police The right to legal aid has been established for all stages of penal and administrative procedure, on the basis of provisions of domestic laws. Every foreign detainee is entitled to visits by his lawyer. The length of contact of lawyers with the detainees they represent is not subject to restrictions other than those dictated by security measures and operating rules of the detention facilities. Especially as regards foreign nationals, the agencies that are competent for issuing the return decisions are obliged to provide information and any possible assistance to foreign nationals seeking legal advice, representation by lawyer and language assistance in order to exercise their rights. To this end, they are given a relevant information leaflet in common languages used and understood better by third-country nationals. Foreign nationals are entitled to free legal aid and representation on request.