- 20 31. At Korydallos Men’s Prison, each of the four main wings (A, B, C, D) contained 117 operational cells (9.5m² including the sanitary facilities) spread across three floors. These wings should accommodate no more than 234 persons, on the basis of two persons per cell. However, with the exception of A Wing (234 persons), the other wings were grossly overcrowded with many cells accommodating three or four persons with some holding even more. Wing B was, once again, the most overcrowded with 449 prisoners (i.e. most cells offered only 2-3m² of living space per person and some cells even less as they held as many as five prisoners). Persons were accommodated in generally very poor conditions: mattresses and blankets were filthy, cells were infested with cockroaches and bed bugs, several cells had mould on the walls and ceilings. There was a general lack of hygiene accentuated by the fact that many of the prisoners had no money and no family to support them, and no hygiene and cleaning products were issued by the prison. In Wing C, which was holding 413 prisoners, there was a stark contrast between the state of the cells on the first floor and those on the other two floors. The first-floor cells were clean, in a good state of repair and properly equipped. The cells on the ground and second floors, mostly occupied by persons from the Roma community, were holding as many as six persons in some cells (i.e. 1.5m² of living space each) and their appalling conditions resembled those described above in respect of Wing B. The conditions in Wings A and D were generally better aided by the fact that nearly all the prisoners had relatives to assist them. Nevertheless, D Wing was severely overcrowded21 and even on these wings, hygiene was a problem and, as on the other wings, many of the showers did not work and were not screened. Further, in none of the cells on the four wings was there a call bell to alert staff in case of need and notably during hours of lock-up. The fifth large accommodation unit, Wing E, was also severely overcrowded accommodating 390 persons in multiple-occupancy dormitories many of which offered less than 3m² of living space per person and a few even less than 2m².22 They were also in a state of advanced dilapidation (mould present on the ceilings, broken windows, exposed wiring, broken tiles and flooring of the sanitary annexe, only one of four toilets functioning). Further, there was no functioning artificial lighting in the basement rooms 8 and 9, no piped hot water to any of the rooms in the basement and there was a lack of hygiene and cleaning products throughout the wing. Many prisoners acknowledged that certain provisions were distributed by the prison administration, but they described the access to clothes, cleaning materials and other necessities as “totally random”. Indeed, it appeared that for a number of foreign nationals clothes and other personal belongings were only acquired when other prisoners left the establishment. Throughout the prison, the electrical wiring was incredibly dangerous as additional appliances such as fridges, heaters and makeshift showers were attached haphazardly and in an inexpert manner to the grid. Further, the delegation observed that as prisoners invested their own money into the upkeep of their cells so the cells became de facto their property which resulted in the occupants deciding on who should be permitted to share their cell if a space became available. 21 22 It held 316 persons, two-thirds of whom were of Albanian origin. For example, Dormitory 8 held 35 men in 67m² (13 sets of bunk beds and nine persons sleeping on mattresses on the floor) while Dormitory 9 measured 35m² and was accommodating 23 persons (seven sets of bunk beds and eight persons sleeping on mattresses on the floor and one person did not even have a mattress). Cells on the ground and first floors of Wing E provided similar cramped accommodation, and on the second floor, Dormitory 1 held 22 persons in 40m² (i.e., also less than 2m² of living space per prisoner).