Not only is the practice of detention concerning due to the unlawful deprivation of a person's liberty, the conditions of PRDCs have been extensively criticised by civil society actors.[10] The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) has carried out country visits to Greece since 2005, consistently noting the substandard, often appalling, conditions of PRDCs. Despite the strong recommendations made to the Greek State post country visits, many issues remain unchanged. In addition, some PRDCs have not been visited for over five years, failing to follow up on the concerns previously raised. In 2022, the only facilities that the CPT visited and inspected were judicial prisons, for example Korydallos and Nigrita.[11] Several issues that emerged from the 2022 report are relevant to PRDCs, including the deterioration of conditions and treatment of detainees, severe lack of healthcare, and concerning divergence from European standards that pertain to human rights. These patterns are systematically witnessed in detention facilities across Greece, and require urgent attention. Methodology This report analyses 50 interviews with people who have been detained at some point since 2020 on mainland Greece, as well as including a case register analysis of more than 151 cases. The research was conducted between April and November 2022, with the aim of investigating the use and practice of administrative detention on mainland Greece, particularly focusing on access to asylum procedures and the conditions of PRDCs. We used 46 of the interviews with people in PRDCs for further analysis. Six PRDCs were specifically researched: Corinth, Amygdaleza, Tavros (Petrou Ralli), Fylakio, Paranesti (Drama) and Xanthi. However, the distribution of interviews was not equally spread among each centre due to logistical and geographical constraints. The report therefore provides more in depth information on some PRDCs than others. Mobile Info Team undertook in-depth interviews with respondents from Afghanistan, Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Kurdistan, Morocco, Pakistan, Syria and Türkiye, between the ages of 16 and 51 years old. Only one interviewee was female, which is somewhat representative of the gender ratio of those held in PRDCs in Greece. Therefore, this research is reflective of the situation in Greece, but does not account for the significant number of women who are also held and experience detention differently. The interviews were semi-structured, enabling the conversation to be directed by respondents and their specific situations. Our questions were based on access to asylum, legal counselling, information, translation, hygiene conditions, basic facilities, medical and psychological care, access to education or recreational activities, and the practice of protests. All personal information is kept anonymous, and no personal details are retained from interviews to protect the identity of individuals, many of whom remain in precarious situations. Carrying out many of our interviews over the phone resulted in respondents feeling safer to share their experiences in an anonymous manner. Several respondents also shared visual data regarding the detention centres that they were held in. Some of these photographs have been anonymously included throughout the report to provide further evidence on detention conditions. 9

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